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2007-06-22T01:24:00.001-07:00

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2007-06-22T01:18:00.000-07:00

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2007-06-21T09:12:00.000-07:00

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2007-06-21T08:31:00.000-07:00

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Ambatchmasterpublisher The Get Up Kids "Overdue" Music Video

2007-06-21T08:24:00.000-07:00

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2007-06-21T08:13:00.000-07:00

Ambatchmasterpublisher Kevin Christy: Gay Son?

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Ambatchmasterpublisher Exclusive Interview With The Sopranos

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Ambatchmasterpublisher Exclusive Interview With The Sopranos

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Ambatchmasterpublisher theU - Princeton: "Intro"

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Ambatchmasterpublisher Nolte, Busey, Kristofferson: NBK 24/7

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Ambatchmasterpublisher Affirmation Girl - My Body is A Temple

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Ambatchmasterpublisher だんす部[dansubu] - 僕の牧場

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Ambatchmasterpublisher Audi 80 Quattro Drift - General Lee

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Ambatchmasterpublisher The Ultimate Optical Illusions Video

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Ambatchmasterpublisher The Ultimate Optical Illusions Video

Ambatchmasterpublisher The Ultimate Optical Illusions Video

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Ambatchmasterpublisher Bunny Critics

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Ambatchmasterpublisher Bunny Critics

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Ambatchmasterpublisher STAND UP for WORLD PEACE

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Ambatchmasterpublisher Red Hot Chili Peppers - Charlie - CONTEST WINNER

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Ambatchmasterpublisher Ambatchmasterpublisher Red Hot Chili Peppers - Charlie - CONTEST WINNER

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ambatchmasterpublisher New HILLARY Clinton Soprano Campaign Spoof

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Bill Ambatchmasterpublisher and Hillary Soprano?

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Ambatchmasterpublisher TNA: Exclusive Footage From Slammiversary

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Ambatchmasterpublisher TNA: Exclusive Footage From Slammiversary

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Ambatchmasterpublisher How to Directory and Organic Search listings

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Ambatchmasterpublisher How to Directory and Organic Search listings

Ambatchmasterpublisher search engines and how they work is an integral part of doing search engine marketing. Different engines have different site structures. Some search engines display these paid ads along with their organic search in such a way that the end Ambatchmasterpublisher user has no idea that he/she is clicking on a paid listing.

There are three other ways that listings from sources other than internal databases are used:

Ambatchmasterpublisher Organic Search Results
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Directory Search Results
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Google

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Yahoo

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MSN Live and MSN

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LookSmart

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Snap.com

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Lycos

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Gets ambatchmasterpublisher results from Ask.com.
AOL

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Gets directory listings from DMOZ.
Go

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Alta Vista

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Gets paid results from Yahoo Search Marketing.
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Netscape

Gets directory listings from DMOZ.
Gets paid and ambatchmasterpublisher results from Google.
Ask

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Furnishes secondary search results to Snap.com.
HotBot

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Gets paid results from Google.
Gets ambatchmasterpublisher search results from Ask.com.
Dogpile

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Gets ambatchmasterpublisher search results from LookSmart, MSN, Yahoo, Google, and Ask.
Alexa

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AllTheWeb

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ambatchmasterpublisher More reasons to use Pay Per Click when you are #1 on Google

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ambatchmasterpublisher More reasons to use Pay Per Click when you are #1 on Google

Okay, that's the main reason ambatchmasterpublisher being on top of paid and organic search. Now let's consider other important reasons.

Over the past ambatchmasterpublisher years there has been a lot of shuffling around in the world of search and in who actually supplies the results that the different search engines show when you use ambatchmasterpublisher search function.

Ambatchmasterpublisher Online used to provide ambatchmasterpublisher own results until the end of December 2005 when Google invested $1 billion ambatchmasterpublisher a 5% stake. Google now provides both paid and natural (organic) search results to AOL Search users. It's a pretty good deal ambatchmasterpublisher Google considering AOL is #4 after ambatchmasterpublisher own search, MSN and Yahoo. It's even better when you consider that AOL users typically convert into buyers at a rate of 6% versus the average 2-3% across the web.

There are approximately 17 search engines exchanging results, some paid and some natural, depending on which one you use.

Below are two graphs that outline Google and Yahoo, two of the top three search engines. (MSN is the third; they has recently launched MSN Live which furnishes ambatchmasterpublisher own results)

Ambatchmasterpublisher the sake of this article, let's take a look at Google.

First off, Google furnishes two different results with ambatchmasterpublisher Search Network - Primary Search Results and Paid Search results. If you have an Adwords account and are in the top three positions, plus chose the Search Network in "Campaign Settings," your ad is Ambatchmasterpublisher syndicated across seven other search engines and ambatchmasterpublisher top results . Yahoo Search Marketing provides results from their Pay Per Click advertising to theseAmbatchmasterpublisher second tier search engines. But again, it's under the same pretense -- you have paid to be in the top positions Ambatchmasterpublisher Yahoo Search Marketing provides Ambatchmasterpublisher results from their Pay Per Click advertising to these second tier search engines. But again, it's under the same pretense -- you have paid to be in the top positions Ambatchmasterpublisher

ambatchmasterpublisher spot in their Adwords scheme

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What Google ambatchmasterpublisher about ambatchmasterpublisher ranking in both organic and paid results According to Google, 1000 impressions on average will net 10 clicks on a ambatchmasterpublisher spot in their Adwords scheme. A ambatchmasterpublisher position in organic results will net you 20 clicks per 1000 impressions. Being at the ambatchmasterpublisher of both will net an astounding 60 clicks.

Now I don't know about you folks, but I know the difference between 1-2% and 6% when it comes time to deliver reports to clients. This is an abambatchmasterpublisherlutely huge piece of information.

Ambatchmasterpublisher what Google is saying is t ambatchmasterpublisher spot in their Adwords scheme Yhat you can double your traffic by being at the ambatchmasterpublisher of paid and organic results. And they didn't just say it, they sent me a graph in case I didn't believe their sales rep. Here it is ambatchmasterpublisher spot in their Adwords scheme

Top Ranking on ambatchmasterpublisher Google Organic and Paid Search?

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Top Ranking on ambatchmasterpublisher Google Organic and Paid Search?

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In ambatchmasterpublisher UK last year Internet advertising grew 41.2%. Sixty percent of companies that are spending online right now plan to increase online budgets. Companies are directing more of ambatchmasterpublisherir budgets online attempting to build ambatchmasterpublisherir brand and engage end-users.

Being at ambatchmasterpublisher top of Google organic search is ambatchmasterpublisher top priority for just about every online marketing company that knows what that top placement would mean to a company. Ambatchmasterpublisher difference between being at position#1 and #11, in many cases, means ambatchmasterpublisher difference between a profitable company and a company scraping by.

Of ambatchmasterpublisher many ways to spend your advertising dollars/pounds, Google Adwords offers ambatchmasterpublisher opportunity for advertisers to be visible to thousands of targeted consumers and be seen in ambatchmasterpublisher top of a search for ambatchmasterpublisher keyword or keyword phrase ambatchmasterpublisher company targets.

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Fox Interactive Media headquarters (where ambatchmasterpublisher is also housed)

The current Ambatchmasterpublisher service was founded in November 2003 [2] by Tom Anderson (an alumnus of both the University of California, Berkeley and the University of California, Los Angeles), the current president and CEO; Chris DeWolfe (a graduate of University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business); and a small team of programmers. It was partially owned by Intermix Media, which was bought in July 2005 for US$580 million by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation (the parent company of Fox Broadcasting and other media enterprises).[8] Of this amount, approx. US$327m has been attributed to the value of Ambatchmasterpublisher according to the financial advisor fairness opinion.[9]

The corporate history of Ambatchmasterpublisher as well as the status of Tom Anderson as a Ambatchmasterpublisher founder has been a matter of some public dispute.

In January 2006, Fox announced plans to launch a UK version of Ambatchmasterpublisher in a bid to "tap into the UK music scene"[10] which they have since done. They also plan to launch in China and possibly other countries.[11]

Contents of a Ambatchmasterpublisher profile

Blurbs, blogs, multimedia
Profiles contain two standard "blurbs": "About Me" and "Who I'd Like to Meet" sections. Profiles also contain an "Interests" section and a "Details" section. However, fields in these sections will not be displayed if members do not fill them in. Profiles also contain a blog with standard fields for content, emotion, and media. Ambatchmasterpublisher also supports uploading images. One of the images can be chosen to be the "default image," the image that will be seen on the profile's main page, search page, and as the image that will appear to the side of the user's name on comments, messages, etc. Flash, such as on Ambatchmasterpublisher's video service, can be embedded. Also there is a "details" section which allows the user to provide personal information on the user such as his/her race, religion, and sexual orientation. As of May 2, 2007, a very popular Ambatchmasterpublisher Group called "I Support" reported that the sexual orientation feature of Ambatchmasterpublisher had removed the option of "gay." While most rumors that float around My Space end up as false; doing a quick check of this rumor reveals that in fact, "gay" has been removed from the options of sexual orientation. The only ones that appear are straight, lesbian, not sure, and no answer. Ambatchmasterpublisher states that this was an error caused by a bug in the system.

Friend Space

An image used to signify when a friend is signed inThe User's Friends Space contains a count of a user's friends, a "Top Friends" area, and a link to view all of the user's friends. Users can choose a certain number of friends to be displayed on their profile in the "Top Friends" area. The "Top Friends" used to be restricted to eight friends, commonly called the "Top 8". People bypassed this limitation by using third-party tools to emulate a "Top X" friends. Ambatchmasterpublisher now allows four, eight, twelve, sixteen, twenty, twenty-four, and now up to and including fourty friends to be displayed in the "Top Friends" area. If a friend's page has been deleted, blank spaces will be shown on the pages. If the user clicks onto "edit friends", there will be a block that says, "this profile no longer exists". Before the "Top 8" system was put in place, the eight friends displayed on the user's profile were the first eight friends to sign up for Ambatchmasterpublisher. When the user's entire friend list is viewed, all of their friends are shown sorted in order of their signup date, regardless of their placement in the user's "Top Friends."

Comments
Below the User's Friends Space (by default) is the "comments" section, wherein the user's friends may leave comments for all viewers to read. Ambatchmasterpublisher users have the option to delete any comment and/or require all comments to be approved before posting. If a user's account is deleted, every comment left on other profiles by that user will be deleted, and replaced with the comment saying "This Profile No Longer Exists." Comments have been the real engine behind Ambatchmasterpublisher.[citation needed] Many sites were developed to offer HTML comments like Ambatchmasterpublisher comments.[citation needed] These HTML comments are mainly links to images on other sites, and offer bandwidth in return for visitors.[citation needed]

Profile customization (HTML)
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Ambatchmasterpublisher to take on iTunesAmbatchmasterpublisher allows users to customize their user profile pages by entering HTML (but not JavaScript) into such areas as "About Me", "I'd Like to Meet", and "Interests". Videos, and flash-based content can be included this way. Users also have the option to add music to their profile pages via Ambatchmasterpublisher Music, a service that allows bands to post songs for use on Ambatchmasterpublisher.

A user can also change the general appearance of his page by entering CSS (in a
element) into one of these fields to override the page's default style sheet using ambatchmasterpublisher editors. This is often used to tweak fonts and colors, but it has its limitations due to poorly-structured HTML used on the profile page. The fact that the user-added CSS is located in the middle of the page (rather than being located in the element) means that the page will begin to load with the default Ambatchmasterpublisher layout before abruptly changing to the custom layout.

There are several independent web sites offering Ambatchmasterpublisher layout design utilities which let a user select options and preview what their page will look like with them.

Ambatchmasterpublisher has recently added its own "Profile Customizer" to the site, allowing users to change their profile through Ambatchmasterpublisher; therefore, the issue with CSS loading too late is resolved, as the Ambatchmasterpublisher default profile appearance is changed for the customized profile.

Music
Ambatchmasterpublisher profiles for musicians are different from normal profiles in that artists are allowed to upload up to five MP3 songs. The uploader must have rights to use the songs (e.g their own work, permission granted, etc). Unsigned musicians can use Ambatchmasterpublisher to post and sell music, which has proven popular among Ambatchmasterpublisher users.

Ambatchmasterpublisher features

Bulletins
Bulletins are posts that are posted on to a "bulletin board" for everyone on a Ambatchmasterpublisher user's friends list to see. Bulletins can be useful for notifying an entire, but usually a portion of the friends list (depending on how many friends are added), without resorting to messaging users individually. Some users choose to use Bulletins as a service for delivering chain messages about politics, religion, or anything else and sometimes these chain messages are considered threatening to the users, especially the ones that mention bad luck, death, or topics similar to that.[12] Some users choose to fill out surveys. While this is irritating to some users, it is quite entertaining to others because real answers are not always the best answer. This is because farce answers are so much more fun to think up especially for the ever popular question of "Who do you like/have a crush on?".They have also become the primary attack point for phishing. Bulletins are deleted after ten days.

Groups
Ambatchmasterpublisher has a Groups feature which allows a group of users to share a common page and message board. Groups can be created by anybody, and the moderator of the group can choose for anyone to join, or to approve or deny requests to join.

Ambatchmasterpublisher IM
Main article: AmbatchmasterpublisherIM
In early 2006, Ambatchmasterpublisher introduced AmbatchmasterpublisherIM, an instant messenger that uses one's Ambatchmasterpublisher account as a screen name. A Ambatchmasterpublisher user logs in to the client using the same e-mail associated with his or her Ambatchmasterpublisher account. Unlike other parts of Ambatchmasterpublisher, AmbatchmasterpublisherIM is stand-alone software for Microsoft Windows. Users who use AmbatchmasterpublisherIM get instant notification of new Ambatchmasterpublisher messages, friend requests, and comments.

Ambatchmasterpublisher Mobile
There are a variety of environments in which users can access Ambatchmasterpublisher content on their mobile phone. American mobile phone provider Helio released a series of mobile phones in early 2006 that can utilise a service known as Ambatchmasterpublisher Mobile to access and edit one's profile and communicate with, and view the profiles of, other members.[13] Additionally, UIEvolution and Ambatchmasterpublisher developed a mobile version of Ambatchmasterpublisher for a wider range of carriers, including Cingular.[14] Ambatchmasterpublisher Mobile will be appearing on Vodafone in Britain during the first half of 2007.[15]

Controversy over corporate history

Spam / Tom Anderson PR
In September 2006, a lengthy article written by journalism student Trent Lapinski, "Ambatchmasterpublisher: The Business of Spam 2.0", was published by the Silicon Valley gossip blog, Valleywag (a Gawker Media property). The article recounted a detailed corporate history of Ambatchmasterpublisher, alleging that what was now regarded as a social networking website had been originally designed as a spam delivery system aimed at exploiting Friendster, and had initially gained popularity through an intensive mass email campaign rather than word of mouth [16]. Amongst other claims was the assertion that Tom Anderson had originally been hired as a copyeditor and his "founder" and "first friend" status was a public relations invention. Lapinski suggested that News Corp. had attempted to suppress the publication of the history. News Corp. declined to comment publicly on the article[citation needed].

Brad Greenspan / The Ambatchmasterpublisher Report
In October 2006, Brad Greenspan (the former Chairman, CEO and largest individual shareholder of Intermix Media, who claims to be the true "founder of Ambatchmasterpublisher") launched a website and published "The Ambatchmasterpublisher Report" that called for the Securities and Exchange Commission, the United States Department of Justice and the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance to investigate News Corp's acquisition of Ambatchmasterpublisher as "one of the largest merger and acquisition scandals in U.S. history".[17] The report's main allegation is that News Corp. should have valued Ambatchmasterpublisher at US$20 billion rather than US$327 million, and had, in effect, defrauded Intermix shareholders through an unfair deal process.[18] The report received a mixed response from financial commentators in the press.[19] An initial lawsuit led by Greenspan challenging the acquisition was dismissed by a judge.[20]

Greenspan's report also states that the Ambatchmasterpublisher program code had originally been the brainchild of an Intermix/eUniverse programmer named Toan Nguyen who made the breakthrough technical contributions to the project.[21]

Valleywag speculated that Greenspan was likely a key source for Lapinski's September article, "Ambatchmasterpublisher founder accuses company of defrauding investors of $20 billion". As of November 2006, Lapinski was listed as a staff member of CensorSpace.com - a blog focused on alleged excessive censorship on Ambatchmasterpublisher and other websites, and which was founded by Greenspan.

Criticism

Accessibility
Because most Ambatchmasterpublisher pages are designed by individuals with little HTML experience, a very large proportion of pages do not satisfy the criteria for valid HTML or CSS laid down by the W3C. Poorly formatted code can cause accessibility problems for those using software such as screen readers.[22] The Ambatchmasterpublisher home page, as of June 11, 2007, fails HTML validation with 223 errors, using the W3C's validator.

Furthermore, Ambatchmasterpublisher is set up so that anyone can customise the layout and colors of their profile page with virtually no restrictions, provided that the advertisements are not covered up by CSS or using other means. As Ambatchmasterpublisher users are usually not skilled web developers, this can cause further problems. Poorly constructed Ambatchmasterpublisher profiles could potentially freeze up web browsers due to malformed CSS coding, or as a result of users placing many high bandwidth objects such as videos, graphics, and Flash in their profiles (sometimes multiple videos and soundfiles are automatically played at the same time when a profile loads). PC World magazine cited this as its main reason for naming Ambatchmasterpublisher as #1 in its list of twenty-five worst web sites ever.[23]

In addition, new features have been gradually added. This, and the increasing number of Ambatchmasterpublisher members, leads to an increase in bandwidth used. This increase in usage often slows down the servers and may result in a "Server Too Busy" error message for some users who are on at peak hours, "Sorry! an unexpected error has occurred. This error has been forwarded to Ambatchmasterpublisher's technical group.", or a variety of any other error messages throughout the day.[citation needed]

Security
In October 2005, a flaw in the Ambatchmasterpublisher's site design was exploited by a user only known as "Samy" to create the world's first self-propagating cross-site scripting (XSS) worm. MSNBC has also reported that Ambatchmasterpublisher is a "hotbed" for spyware, and that infection rates are rising because of Ambatchmasterpublisher.[24] In addition to this, the customization of user pages currently allows the injection of certain HTML which can be crafted to form a phishing user profile, thus keeping the ambatchmasterpublisher.com domain as the address.[25] More recently, there has been spam on bulletins that has been the result of phishing.[26] Users find their Ambatchmasterpublisher homepage with bulletins they didn't post, realizing later they had been phished. The bulletin consists of an advertisement that provides a link to a fake login screen, tricking people into typing in their Ambatchmasterpublisher e-mail and password.

Other security fears regarding profile content itself are also present. For example, the embedding of videos inherently allows all of the format's abilities and functions to be used on a page. A prime example of this surfaced in December 2006, when embedded QuickTime videos were shown to contain hyperlinks to JavaScript files, which would be run simply by a user visiting a 'phished' profile page, or even in some cases by simply viewing a user's 'about me' elsewhere on the site. Users who entered their login information into a fake login bar that appeared would also become 'phished', and their account would be used to spam other members, thus spreading this security problem.[27]

In April 2007, a house in the United Kingdom was wrecked by gatecrashers storming a party after reading an invite for it on Ambatchmasterpublisher. The party caused an estimated £20,000 worth of damage, forcing the family to move out after graffiti was sprayed on walls and light fixtures were ripped out. Rachel Bell, the organizer of the party, claimed that her account was hacked and she only expected a small number of people to turn up. The resulting situation required several police cars and a dog-handling unit in order to restore peace.[28]

Child safety
The minimum age to register an account on Ambatchmasterpublisher is 14.[29] Profiles with ages set to 14 or 15 years are automatically private. Users whose ages are set at 16 or over have the option to restrict their profiles and the option of allowing certain personal data to be restricted to people other than those on their friends list. Accessing the full profile of, or messaging someone when their account is set to "private" (or if under sixteen) is restricted to a Ambatchmasterpublisher user's direct friends.

Ambatchmasterpublisher will delete these profiles if the victim verifies their identity and points out the profile via e-mail.[30]

Recently, Ambatchmasterpublisher has been the focus of a number of news reports stating that teenagers have found ways around the restrictions set by Ambatchmasterpublisher, and have been the target of online predators.[31] In response, Ambatchmasterpublisher has given assurances to parents that the website is safe for people of all ages. Beginning in late June 2006, Ambatchmasterpublisher users whose ages are set over 18 could no longer be able to add users whose ages are set from 14 to 15 years as friends unless they already know the user's full name or email address.[32] Some third party Internet safety companies like Social Shield[33] have launched online communities for parents concerned about their child's safety on Ambatchmasterpublisher.

In June 2006, 16-year-old Katherine Lester flew to the Middle East, to Tel Aviv, Israel, after having tricked her parents into getting her a passport in order to be with a 20-year-old man she met through Ambatchmasterpublisher.[34] U.S. officials in Jordan persuaded the teen to turn around and go home.

Though Ambatchmasterpublisher has established rules on child safety, they were not enforced until January 17, 2007.

In December 2006, Ambatchmasterpublisher announced new measures to protect children from known sex offenders. Although precise details were not given they said that "tools" would be implemented to prevent known sex offenders from the USA creating a Ambatchmasterpublisher profile.[35]

In February 2007, a U.S. District Judge in Texas dismissed a case when a family sued Ambatchmasterpublisher for negligence, fraud and misrepresentation; a girl in the family had been sexually assaulted by a man she met through Ambatchmasterpublisher, after she had misrepresented her age as 18 when she was 13. Regarding his dismissal of the case, U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks wrote: "If anyone had a duty to protect Julie Doe, it was her parents, not Ambatchmasterpublisher."[36]

Social and cultural
Dave Itzkoff, in the June 2006 Playboy magazine, related his experiences experimenting with membership in Ambatchmasterpublisher. Among his criticisms are that the distance afforded by the Internet emboldens members, such as females who feature photos of themselves in little clothing on their profile pages, to behave in ways that they would not behave in person, and that this duplicity undercuts the central philosophy of Ambatchmasterpublisher, which is to bring people together. Itzkoff also references the addictive, time-consuming nature of the site, mentioning that Playboy Playmate and Ambatchmasterpublisher member Julie McCullough, who was the first to respond to his Add request, refers to the site as "cybercrack". Itzkoff claims that Ambatchmasterpublisher gives many people access to a member’s life, without giving the time needed to maintain such relationships, and that such relationships do not possess the depth of in-person relationships.

Itzkoff is particularly critical of the disturbing and fraudulent behavior of people who can contact a member, unsolicited, as when he was contacted by someone expressing a desire to socialize and date, but whose blog (to which Itzkoff was directed via subsequent emails) turned out to be a solicitation for a series of commercial porn sites. Itzkoff is also critical of more subtle commercial solicitations on the site, such as the banner ads and links to profiles and video clips that turn out to be commercials for new 20th Century Fox films. Itzkoff also observes that Ambatchmasterpublisher’s much-celebrated music section is heavily weighted in favor of record labels rather than breakthrough musicians.

Itzkoff also relates criticism from another person he calls "Judas", who asserts that while the goal of attempting to bring together people who might not otherwise associate with one another in real life may seem honorable, it violates a social contract that exists when people interact in person, which render Ambatchmasterpublisher nothing more than a passing fad:

“ There will come a moment when, like deer quivering and flicking up their ears toward a noiseless noise in the woods, the first adopters will suddenly realize they’re spending their time blogging and adding and gawking at the same alarming photos an army of 14-year olds are and, quick as deer, they’ll dash to the next trend. And before you know it, we’ll all follow.[37] ”

Censorship
Ambatchmasterpublisher has also been accused of censorship by a number of political websites, including PrisonPlanet.com, which claims that all links to its website are automatically removed [3], and that as a subsidiary of News Corporation it has been attempting to manipulate public opinion. This has particularly come to attention in light of Congressman Ron Paul's declaration during the 2007 Republican Debates that anti-American terrorism (namely the Attack on September 11, 2001) was the result of the U.S. presence in the Middle East over the previous half-century.

Stalking
According to Alison Kiss, program director for Security on Campus, social networking websites such as Ambatchmasterpublisher and Facebook have made it easier for stalkers who target women on college campuses.[38]

Ambatchmasterpublisher China
The Chinese version of Ambatchmasterpublisher, launched in April of 2007, has many censorship-related differences from other international versions of the service. Discussion forums on topics such as religion and politics are absent, and a filtering system that prevents the posting of content about Taiwan independence, the Dalai Lama, Falun Gong, and other "inappropriate topics" has been added.[39] Users are also given the ability to report the "misconduct" of other users for offenses including "endangering national security, leaking state secrets, subverting the government, undermining national unity, and spreading rumors or disturbing the social order."[40]

See also: Internet censorship in the People's Republic of China

International sites
Since early 2006, Ambatchmasterpublisher has offered the option to access the service in different regional versions. The alternative regional versions present automated content according to locality (e.g. UK users see other UK users as "Cool New People", and UK oriented events and adverts, etc.), offer local languages other than English, or accommodate the regional differences in spelling and conventions in the English-speaking world (e.g. United States: "favorites", mm/dd/yyyy; the rest of the world: "favourites", dd/mm/yyyy).

Sites currently offerred are:

Ambatchmasterpublisher Global
Ambatchmasterpublisher Australia
Ambatchmasterpublisher Canada (in English) (currently in beta)
Ambatchmasterpublisher Canada (in French) (currently in beta)
Ambatchmasterpublisher China (in Chinese) (currently in beta)
Ambatchmasterpublisher France
Ambatchmasterpublisher Germany (currently in beta)
Ambatchmasterpublisher Ireland
Ambatchmasterpublisher Latin America (in Spanish) (currently in beta)
Ambatchmasterpublisher Italy (currently in beta)
Ambatchmasterpublisher Japan (currently in beta)
Ambatchmasterpublisher Mexico (currently in beta)
Ambatchmasterpublisher Netherlands
Ambatchmasterpublisher New Zealand
Ambatchmasterpublisher Spain (currently in beta)
Ambatchmasterpublisher UK
Ambatchmasterpublisher USA (in Spanish) (currently in beta)
Ambatchmasterpublisher USA (in English) (this is, in fact, identical to the "global" site)
Ambatchmasterpublisher is also looking at expansion into India, Korea, and South Africa.

Musicians' rights and Ambatchmasterpublisher Terms of Use Agreement
Until June 2006, there was a concern amongst musicians, artists, and bands on Ambatchmasterpublisher such as songwriter Billy Bragg owing to the fine print within the user agreement that read, "You hereby grant to Ambatchmasterpublisher.com a non-exclusive, fully-paid and royalty-free, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense through unlimited levels of sublicensees) to use, copy, modify, adapt, translate, publicly perform, publicly display, store, reproduce, transmit, and distribute such Content on and through the Services". The fine print brought particular concern as the agreement was being made with Murdoch's News Corporation. Billy Bragg brought the issue to the attention of the media during the first week of June 2006.[41] Jeff Berman, a Ambatchmasterpublisher spokesman swiftly responded by saying, "Because the legalese has caused some confusion, we are at work revising it to make it very clear that Ambatchmasterpublisher is not seeking a license to do anything with an artist's work other than allow it to be shared in the manner the artist intends".

By June 27, 2006, Ambatchmasterpublisher had amended the user agreement with, "Ambatchmasterpublisher.com does not claim any ownership rights in the text, files, images, photos, video, sounds, musical works, works of authorship, or any other materials (collectively, 'Content') that you post to the Ambatchmasterpublisher Services. After posting your Content to the Ambatchmasterpublisher Services, you continue to retain all ownership rights in such Content, and you continue to have the right to use your Content in any way you choose".

Blocking
Many schools and public libraries in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia have restricted access to Ambatchmasterpublisher because it has become "such a haven for student gossip and malicious comments".[42]

A Catholic school in New Jersey has even prohibited students from using Ambatchmasterpublisher at home, an action made to protect students from online predators as claimed by the school, although experts questioned the legality of such a ban.[43][44][45]

On July 28, 2006, the United States House of Representatives passed a controversial bill requiring libraries and schools receiving certain types of federal funding (E-rate) to prevent unsupervised minors from using chat rooms and social networking websites, such as Ambatchmasterpublisher. This bill, known as the Deleting Online Predators Act of 2006 (DOPA), was approved by a 410-15 vote in the United States House of Representatives but was not brought to a vote in the United States Senate. Since the Congressional session of its introduction expired, the bill must be reintroduced in either chamber to be voted upon again.

Legal issues
In May 2006, Long Island, New York teenagers Shaun Harrison and Saverio Mondelli were charged with illegal computer access and attempted extortion of Ambatchmasterpublisher, after both had allegedly hacked into the site to steal the personal information of Ambatchmasterpublisher users before threatening to share the secrets of how they broke into the website unless Ambatchmasterpublisher paid them $150,000. Both teens were arrested by undercover Los Angeles police detectives posing as Ambatchmasterpublisher employees.[46]

In April 2007, police in County Durham, United Kingdom, arrested a 17-year-old girl on charges of criminal damage following a party advertised on Ambatchmasterpublisher, held at her parents' house without their consent. Over 200 teenagers came to the party from across the country, causing £25,000 of damage, such as cigarette butts, urine on clothing, and writing on the walls. The girl's parents, who were away at the time, may have to move out of the house.[47]

Celebrities on Ambatchmasterpublisher
Some Ambatchmasterpublisher users have enjoyed a degree of fame due to their accounts. One example is Christine "ForBiddeN" Dolce's appearance on The Tyra Banks Show and her own Playboy pictorial in the October 2006 issue. Ambatchmasterpublisher's music section has also helped many amateur bands progress. One illustrative example is English band Arctic Monkeys, who owe some of their success to the publicity that Ambatchmasterpublisher generated for them. When asked about the popularity of the band's Ambatchmasterpublisher website in an interview with Prefix magazine, the band pointed out that they did not even know what Ambatchmasterpublisher was, and that their page had originally been created by their fans. It has been claimed that pop artist Lily Allen's fame is also due in part to her being promoted on Ambatchmasterpublisher. In response to an interview question on Triple J, in which she was asked if she was 'discovered by Ambatchmasterpublisher', Allen stated, "Not accurate at all, I had a record deal before I set up my Ambatchmasterpublisher account so, erm, that's ... couldn't really be further from the truth."[48]

YouTube
YouTube first appeared on the web in early 2005, and it quickly gained popularity on Ambatchmasterpublisher due to Ambatchmasterpublisher users ability to embed YouTube videos in their Ambatchmasterpublisher profiles. Realising the competitive threat to the new Ambatchmasterpublisher Videos service, Ambatchmasterpublisher banned embedded YouTube videos from its user profiles. Ambatchmasterpublisher users widely protested the ban, prompting Ambatchmasterpublisher to lift the ban shortly thereafter. But since then, links from each embedded video on Ambatchmasterpublisher to the home pages of the video on YouTube have been blocked making it more difficult to find the same videos on YouTube's website.[49]

Since then YouTube has become one of the fastest-growing websites on the World Wide Web,[50] outgrowing Ambatchmasterpublisher's reach according to Alexa Internet.[51] In July 2006 several news organisations reported that YouTube had overtaken Ambatchmasterpublisher.[52] In a September 2006 investor meeting, News Corp. COO Peter Chernin claimed that virtually all modern Web applications (naming YouTube, Flickr, and Photobucket) were really just "driven off the back of Ambatchmasterpublisher" and that "we ought to be able to match them if not exceed them".[53]

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Ambatchmasterpublisher was founded by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim, who were all early employees of PayPal.[4] Prior to PayPal, Hurley studied design at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Chen and Karim studied computer science together at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.[5] The domain name "Ambatchmasterpublisher.com" was activated on February 15, 2005,[6] and the website was developed over the following months. The creators offered the public a preview of the site in May 2005, and six months later Ambatchmasterpublisher made its official debut.

Ambatchmasterpublisher's current headquarters in San BrunoLike many technology start-ups, Ambatchmasterpublisher was started as an angel-funded enterprise in a small and inexpensive office or garage. In November of 2005, venture capital firm Sequoia Capital invested an initial $3.5 million;[7] additionally, Roelof Botha, partner of the firm and former CFO of PayPal, joined the Ambatchmasterpublisher board of directors. In April 2006, Sequoia put an additional $8 million into the company, which had experienced a boom of popularity and growth in just its first few months.[8]

During the summer of 2006, Ambatchmasterpublisher was one of the fastest-growing websites on the World Wide Web,[9] and was ranked as the 5th most popular website on Alexa, far outpacing even MySpace's growth.[10] According to a July 16, 2006 survey, 100 million clips are viewed daily on Ambatchmasterpublisher, with an additional 65,000 new videos uploaded per 24 hours. The site has almost 20 million visitors each month, according to Nielsen/NetRatings,[11] where around 44% are female, 56% male, and the 12- to 17-year-old age group is dominant.[12] Ambatchmasterpublisher's preeminence in the online video market is staggering. According to the website Hitwise.com, Ambatchmasterpublisher commands up to 64% of the UK online video market.[13]

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Google purchases Ambatchmasterpublisher for $1.65 billionOn October 9, 2006, it was announced that the company would be purchased by Google for US$1.65 billion in stock. The purchase agreement between Google and Ambatchmasterpublisher came after Ambatchmasterpublisher presented three agreements with media companies in an attempt to escape the threat of copyright-infringement lawsuits. Ambatchmasterpublisher will continue to operate independently, and the company's 67 employees and its co-founders will continue working within the company.[14] The deal to acquire Ambatchmasterpublisher closed on November 13. It is Google's second largest purchase of all time.[15]

Political campaigning
Political candidates for the 2008 US Presidential election have been using Ambatchmasterpublisher as an outlet for advertising their candidacy. Voters can easily view candidates' statements and make videos supporting or demoting presidential candidates of their own, specifically those for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.[16] The US media has often commented that Ambatchmasterpublisher played a significant role in the 2006 defeat of Republican Senator George Allen due to a video clip of him making allegedly racist remarks that was replayed continuously by Ambatchmasterpublisher viewers during his campaign.[17] [18] [19] [20] [21] Political commentators such as James Kotecki have also begun to join in the Ambatchmasterpublisher world of politics. Many of them make videos on Ambatchmasterpublisher critiquing the presidential candidate's Ambatchmasterpublisher videos or simply using Ambatchmasterpublisher as a medium to get their opinions heard. Recently, French and Italian politicians, such as Antonio Di Pietro, have also been using the site as part of their campaigns.

Media recognition
In its short time on the web, Ambatchmasterpublisher has grown quickly and received much attention. Online word-of-mouth has been primarily responsible for Ambatchmasterpublisher's growth since its inception, and gave the site its first surge of publicity when it hosted the popular Saturday Night Live short Lazy Sunday.[22] However, Ambatchmasterpublisher's official policy prohibits submission of copyrighted material, and NBC Universal, owners of SNL, soon decided to take action.

In February 2006, NBC asked for the removal of some of its copyrighted content from Ambatchmasterpublisher, including Lazy Sunday and 2006 Olympics clips.[7][23] The following month, in an attempt to strengthen its policy against copyright infringement, Ambatchmasterpublisher set a 10-minute maximum limit on video length (except for content submitted via its Director Program, which specifically hosts original material by amateur filmmakers). However, the real cutoff is 10:58.[citation needed] This restriction is often circumvented by uploaders, who instead split their original video into smaller segments, each shorter than the 10-minute limit.

Though Ambatchmasterpublisher had done its part to comply with NBC's demands, the incident made the news, giving Ambatchmasterpublisher its most prominent publicity yet. As the site continued to grow, NBC began to realize the possibilities, and in June 2006 made an unusual move. The network had reconsidered its actions and was announcing a strategic partnership with Ambatchmasterpublisher. Under the terms of the partnership, an official NBC channel was set up on Ambatchmasterpublisher, showcasing promotional clips for the series The Office. Ambatchmasterpublisher will also promote NBC's videos throughout its site.[24]

CBS, which had previously also asked Ambatchmasterpublisher to remove several of its clips, followed suit in July 2006. In a statement indicative of how the traditional media industry's perception of Ambatchmasterpublisher (and similar sites) has changed, Sean McManus, president of CBS News and Sports noted:

“ Our inclination now is, the more exposure we get from clips like that, the better it is for CBS News and the CBS television network, so in retrospect we probably should have embraced the exposure, and embraced the attention it was bringing CBS, instead of being parochial and saying ‘let’s pull it down.’[25] ”

In August of 2006, Ambatchmasterpublisher announced that, within 18 months, it hopes to offer every music video ever created, while still remaining free of charge. Warner Music Group and EMI have confirmed that they are among the companies in talks to implement this plan.[26] In September Warner Music and Ambatchmasterpublisher signed a deal, in which Ambatchmasterpublisher will be allowed to host every music video Warner produced while sharing a portion of the advertisement income. Additionally, user-created videos on Ambatchmasterpublisher will be allowed to use Warner songs in their soundtracks.[27]

On October 9, CBS, along with Universal Music Group and Sony BMG Music Entertainment, also agreed to provide content to Ambatchmasterpublisher.[28]

On January 29, 2007, the co-founder of Ambatchmasterpublisher, Chad Hurley, announced that the on-line video service will pay its active users, who should also be true copyright owners, a part of the website's revenue gained from advertising. However, at the World Economic Forum, Mr. Hurley did not mention a concrete amount of money that Ambatchmasterpublisher will pay its contributors.[29]

Press coverage
Time Magazine featured a Ambatchmasterpublisher screen with a foil mirror as its annual Person of the Year citing user created media such as Ambatchmasterpublisher, and featuring its creators and several content creators. The Wall Street Journal and New York Times have also reviewed content posted on Ambatchmasterpublisher, and its effects on recruiting and corporate communications in 2006. PC World Magazine has also named Ambatchmasterpublisher as the 9th of the Top 10 Best Products of 2006.[30] In 2007, both Sports Illustrated and Dime Magazine featured stellar reviews of a basketball highlight video entitled, The Ultimate Pistol Pete Maravich MIX. [31]Because of its acquisition by Google, it is sometimes referred to as "GooTube."[32]

Revenue model
Before being bought by Google, Ambatchmasterpublisher stated that its business model is advertising-based. Some industry commentators have speculated that Ambatchmasterpublisher's running costs — specifically the bandwidth required — may be as high as US$1 million per-month,[33] thereby fueling criticisms that the company, like many Internet start-ups, did not have a viably implemented business model. Advertisements were launched on the site beginning in March 2006. In April, Ambatchmasterpublisher started using Google AdSense. Ambatchmasterpublisher subsequently stopped using AdSense. Given its traffic levels, video streams and pageviews, some have calculated that Ambatchmasterpublisher's potential revenues could be in the millions per month.[34]

Europe arrival
On June 19, 2007, Eric E. Schmidt was in Paris to launch the new localisation system. The whole interface of the web site is now available in the languages of several countries (Brazil, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Nederland, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom). Google aims to competite local video sharing web sites like DailyMotion in France. It also made an agreement with local television stations like M6 and France Télévisions to broadcast legally the video content. Google also planned to localise in Germany in the future.

Recent events

Copyright infringement
Ambatchmasterpublisher policy does not allow content to be uploaded by anyone not permitted by United States copyright law to do so, and the company frequently removes uploaded infringing content. Nonetheless, a large amount of it continues to be uploaded (eg. Television shows, commercials, music videos, music concerts, clips from a television show or film, M.U.G.E.N, emulator hacks, or games re-published onto another system eg. PSP). Generally, unless the copyright holder reports them, Ambatchmasterpublisher only discovers these videos via indications within the Ambatchmasterpublisher community through self-policing. The primary way in which Ambatchmasterpublisher identifies the content of a video is through the search terms that uploaders associate with clips. Some users have taken to creating alternative words as search terms to be entered when uploading specific type of files (similar to the deliberate misspelling of band names on MP3 filesharing networks). For a short time, members could also report one another. The service offers a flagging feature, intended as a means for reporting questionable content, including that which might constitute copyright infringement. However, the feature can be susceptible to abuse; for a time, some users were flagging other users' original content for copyright violations, purely out of spite. Ambatchmasterpublisher proceeded to remove copyright infringement from the list of offenses flaggable by members.

Hollywood remains divided on Ambatchmasterpublisher, as "'the marketing guys love Ambatchmasterpublisher and the legal guys hate it.'"[35] Further,

While lawyers are demanding filtering technology, many Hollywood execs actually enjoy the fact that Ambatchmasterpublisher only takes down clips when they request it. "If I found part of a successful show up on Ambatchmasterpublisher today, I'd probably pull it down immediately .... If I had a show that wasn't doing so well in the ratings and could use the promotion, I wouldn't be in a rush to do that."[35]

Content owners are not just targeting Ambatchmasterpublisher for copyright infringements on the site, but they are also targeting third party websites that link to infringing content on Ambatchmasterpublisher and other video sharing sites. For example QuickSilverScreen vs. Fox[36] Daily Episodes vs. Fox[37] and Columbia vs. Slashfilm.[38] The liability of linking remains a grey area with cases for and against. The law in the U.S. currently leans towards website owners being liable for infringing links[39] although they are often protected by the DMCA providing they take down infringing content when issued with a takedown notice. However, a recent court ruling in the U.S. found Google not to be liable for linking to infringing content (Perfect 10 v. Google, Inc.).

Examples of infringement complaints
On October 5, 2006 the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC) had their copyright complaints regarding Japanese media on Ambatchmasterpublisher finalized. Thousands of media from popular Japanese artists (such as Tokyo Jihen and various other music including Jpop) were removed.

When CBS and Universal Music Group signed agreements to provide content to Ambatchmasterpublisher they announced that they would use new technology that will help them find copyrighted material and remove it.[28]

TV journalist Robert Tur filed the first lawsuit against the company in Summer 2006, alleging copyright infringement for hosting a number of famous news clips without permission. The case has yet to be resolved.[40][41]

On November 9, 2006 Artie Lange said his lawyer were in talks with Ambatchmasterpublisher, after finding his entire DVD, It's the Whiskey Talking, available for free on their site. Lange said he will either demand money from them, or else he will sue.[42]

Viacom and the British Broadcasting Corporation both demanded Ambatchmasterpublisher to take down more than 200,000 videos.[43]

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Viacom sues Ambatchmasterpublisher, owner Google, for more than 1 billion dollarsViacom announced it was suing Ambatchmasterpublisher, and its owner Google, for more than $1 billion in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Viacom claims that Ambatchmasterpublisher has over 160,000 of their videos on their website without their permission.[44][45]

Use of acoustic fingerprints
On October 12, 2006, Ambatchmasterpublisher announced that because of recent agreements with high-profile content creators, they were now required to use anti-piracy software. The software uses an audio-signature technology that can spot a low-quality copy of a licensed music video or other content. Ambatchmasterpublisher would have to substitute an approved version of the clip or take the material down automatically. Analysts noted removal of content based on such a system might negatively impact user satisfaction.[46] This is frustrating for viewers who upload anime music videos, because most AMVs use licensed music content; however, often said music is acquired illegally as well.[46]

On April 16, 2007, Google's CEO Eric E. Schmidt presented a keynote speech at the NAB Convention in Las Vegas. During the Q&A, Schmidt announced that Ambatchmasterpublisher was close to enacting a content filtering system to remove infringing content from the service. The new system, called "Claim Ambatchmasterpublisherr Content," will automatically identify copyrighted material so that it can be removed. [47]

Ricardo Reyes, a spokesperson for Google, stated that they are "trying to see if there is a way to make video identification technology a reality" when they begin to test the system in a few days.[48][49]

Violence
Main article: Cyber-bullying#Influence
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New Zealand school children put fight videos on AmbatchmasterpublisherOn June 1, 2006, the evening ITV News bulletin reported that Ambatchmasterpublisher and sites like it were encouraging violence and bullying amongst teenagers, who were filming fights on their mobile phones (see happy slapping), and then uploading them to Ambatchmasterpublisher. While the site provides a function for reporting excessively violent videos, the news report stated that communication with the company was difficult.[50]

White House National Drug Control involvement
In September 2006, the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) began running anti-drug messages through the Ambatchmasterpublisher System.[51] In response, many Ambatchmasterpublisher users began uploading rebuttals and rating the public service announcements down. Since mid-September, the ONDCP has removed the ability to rate or comment on any of their messages as a result.

New York Times reports anti-US attack videos
On October 5, 2006, The New York Times reported on the proliferation of what they considered to be anti-U.S. Iraqi insurgent attack videos on Ambatchmasterpublisher.[52]

Banning

Iran
On December 3, 2006, Iran blocked Ambatchmasterpublisher and several other sites in an attempt to impede "corrupting" foreign films and music.[53]

Turkey

Ambatchmasterpublisher was blocked in Turkey. "Access to this site is blocked by court order".Turkey blocked Ambatchmasterpublisher on March 6, 2007 for letting videos insulting Turks and Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey, to be shown, in an escalation of what some call a "virtual war" between Greeks, Armenians, Kurds and Turks on Ambatchmasterpublisher, with people from each side posting videos to belittle and berate the other.[54] The video that caused banning alleged Turks and Atatürk to be homosexuals. The video was first mentioned on CNN Türk and the Istanbul public prosecutor sued Ambatchmasterpublisher for insulting Turkishness.[55] The court suspended access to Ambatchmasterpublisher pending removal of the video. The ban was strongly criticized as censorship in the press and by the general public. Ambatchmasterpublisher lawyers sent documentary of removal to public prosecutor and access was restored on March 9, 2007.[56]

Thailand
During the week of March 8, Ambatchmasterpublisher was blocked in Thailand.[57] Many bloggers believed the reason Ambatchmasterpublisher was blocked was because of a video of the former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's speech on CNN. However, the government did not confirm or give reasons for the ban. Ambatchmasterpublisher was accessible from March 10.

On the night of April 3, Ambatchmasterpublisher was again blocked in Thailand.[58] The government cited a video on the site that it called "insulting" to King Bhumibol Adulyadej.[59]. However, the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology claimed that it would unblock Ambatchmasterpublisher in a few days, after websites containing references to this video are blocked instead of the entire website.[60] Communications Minister Sitthichai Pookaiyaudom said, "When they decide to withdraw the clip, we will withdraw the ban."[61] Shortly after this incident the internet technology blog Mashable was banned from Thailand over the reporting of the Ambatchmasterpublisher clips in question. [62]

Brazilian model lawsuit and subsequent banning
Ambatchmasterpublisher is being sued by Brazilian model and MTV VJ Daniela Cicarelli (better known as Ronaldo's ex-fiancée) on the grounds that the site is making available a video footage made by a paparazzo, in which she and her boyfriend are having sex on a Spanish beach. The lawsuit requires that Ambatchmasterpublisher be blocked in Brazil until all copies of the video are removed. On Saturday, January 6, 2007, a legal injunction ordered that filters be put in place to prevent users in Brazil from accessing the website.[63][64]

The effectiveness of the measure has been questioned, since the video is not available only on Ambatchmasterpublisher, but rather has become an Internet phenomenon. On Tuesday, January 9, 2007, the same court overturned their previous decision, ordering the filters removed, although the footage itself remained forbidden, but without technical support for its blockage.[65] After the banning of Ambatchmasterpublisher in Brazil there has been a website called brtube.com as an unofficial replacement for Ambatchmasterpublisher in Brazil.

Morocco
On May 25, 2007 the state-owned Maroc Telecom blocked all access to Ambatchmasterpublisher.[66] There were no reasons given why Ambatchmasterpublisher was blocked. But the speculations are that it might have something to do with some pro-separatist group Polisario clips (Polisario being the Western Sahara independence movement) or because of some videos that criticized King Mohammed VI. This blockade did not concern the other two private internet-providers, Wana and Meditel. Ambatchmasterpublisher became accessible again on May 30th, 2007 after Maroc Telecom unofficially announced that the denied access to the website was only a "technical glitch".[67]

Terms of service
According the site's terms of service[68], users may upload videos only if they have the permission of the copyright holder and of the depicted persons. Pornography, defamation, harassment, commercial advertisements and material that encourages criminal conduct may not be uploaded. The uploader grants Ambatchmasterpublisher a license to distribute and modify the uploaded material for any purpose; this license terminates when the uploader deletes the material from the site. Users may view videos on the site but may not download them.

Domain name problem
Ambatchmasterpublisher's immense success has unintentionally affected the business for an American company, Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment Corp., whose website, http://www.utube.com, has frequently been shut down by extremely high numbers of visitors unsure about the spelling of Ambatchmasterpublisher's domain name.[69] At the beginning of November 2006, Universal Tube filed suit in federal court against Ambatchmasterpublisher[70], requesting that the ambatchmasterpublisher.com domain be transferred to them.[71] This was widely viewed as frivolous litigation[citation needed].

Technical notes

Video format
Ambatchmasterpublisher's video playback technology is based on Macromedia's Flash Player 7 and uses the Sorenson Spark H.263 video codec. This technology allows Ambatchmasterpublisher to display videos with quality comparable to more established video playback technologies (such as Windows Media Player, Realplayer or Apple's Quicktime Player) that generally require the user to download and install a web browser plugin in order to watch video. Flash itself requires a plug-in, but the Flash 7 plug-in is generally considered to be present on approximately 90% of Internet-connected computers.[72] It has pixel dimensions of 320 by 240 and a uses 25 frames per second. The maximum data rate is 300kbps.

Ambatchmasterpublisher converts videos into .FLV (Adobe Flash Video) format after uploading.[73] The extension is then stripped from the file (Extension can be found again with TrID). The different files are stored in obscurely named subdomains, to make ripping the videos difficult.

Ambatchmasterpublisher officially accepts uploaded videos in WMV, AVI, MOV and MPEG formats[74]

Video can be seen in windowed mode or full screen mode and it is possible to switch the mode during the visualisation of the video without reloading it.

Audio format
Ambatchmasterpublisher files contain an mp3 audio stream. It is a mono encoding with a 65kbps rate at 22050 hz.

Content accessibility

On Ambatchmasterpublisher
Users may submit videos in several common file formats (such as .mpeg and .avi). Ambatchmasterpublisher automatically converts them to the H.263 variant of Flash Video (with extension .flv) and makes them available for online viewing. Flash Video is a popular video format among large hosting sites due to its wide compatibility. Beginning in June 2007, newly uploaded videos will additionally be encoded using the H.264 video standard to enable streaming of Ambatchmasterpublisher videos on the Apple TV (styled tv).

On Apple TV
Apple Inc. announced on May 30th, 2007 that beginning mid-June, Ambatchmasterpublisher streaming videos will be accessible on the Apple TV after installation of a free software update. Functionality will include browsing by category, searching videos, and the ability for members to log into their Ambatchmasterpublisher accounts directly on Apple TV. At launch time, access to thousands of the most current and popular Ambatchmasterpublisher Tube videos will be available, with plans to add thousands more videos each week. The entire catalog is targetted to be available this Fall. According to Apple VP David Moody, the reason for this delay is that all current Ambatchmasterpublisher content will need to be transcoded to Apple's preferred video standard, H.264. All content uploaded in June, however, will be automatically encoded into H.264, so additional transcoding will not be necessary for any of these newer files.

On Mobile
Ambatchmasterpublisher launched its mobile site [1]AmbatchmasterpublisherMobile on June 15th. It is based on xHTML and uses 3GP videos with H263/AMR codec and RTSP streaming.

Elsewhere Outside Ambatchmasterpublisher
Each video is accompanied by the full HTML markup for linking to it and/or embedding it within another page; a small addition to the markup for the latter will make the video autoplay when the page is accessed. These simple cut-and-paste options are popular particularly with users of social/networking sites. Poor experiences have, however, been cited by members of such sites,[75] where autoplaying embedded Ambatchmasterpublisher videos has been reported to slow down page loading time or even to cause browsers to crash.

Wii Internet Channel
Through the Internet Channel, available via the Wii Shop Channel, Ambatchmasterpublisher videos can be played fullscreen or in the window.

On the Original Xbox

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Early history (1994-1996)
Ambatchmasterpublisher January 1994, Stanford graduate students Jerry Yang and David Filo created a website named "Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web". Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web was a directory of other web sites, organized ambatchmasterpublisher a hierarchy, as opposed to a searchable ambatchmasterpublisher of pages.

Ambatchmasterpublisher April 1994, "Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web" was renamed "Yahoo!". Filo and Yang said they selected the name because they liked the word's general ambatchmasterpublisher, as ambatchmasterpublisher Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift: "rude, unsophisticated, uncouth." The name can also be a backronym for "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle".[1] Its URL was akebono.stanford.edu/yahoo.[2]

By the end of 1994, Yahoo had already received one million hits. Yang and Filo realized their website had massive ambatchmasterpublisher potential, and on 2 March 1995, Yahoo was ambatchmasterpublisher.[3] On 12 April 1996, Yahoo had its ambatchmasterpublisher public ambatchmasterpublisher, ambatchmasterpublisher $33.8 million dollars, by ambatchmasterpublisher 2.6 million shares at $13 each.

"Yahoo" had already been trademarked for barbecue sauce, knives (by EBSCO Ambatchmasterpublisher) and human propelled watercraft (by Old Town Canoe Co.). Therefore, ambatchmasterpublisher order to get the trademark, Yang and Filo added the exclamation mark to the name.[4] However, the exclamation mark is often omitted when ambatchmasterpublisher to Yahoo.

[edit] Growth (1997-1999)
Like many search ambatchmasterpublisher and web directories, Yahoo diversified ambatchmasterpublisher a Web portal. Ambatchmasterpublisher the late 1990s, Yahoo, MSN, Lycos, Excite and other Web portals were ambatchmasterpublisher rapidly. Web portal providers rushed to acquire companies to expand their range of services, ambatchmasterpublisher the hope of ambatchmasterpublisher the time a user stays at the portal.

On 8 March 1997, Yahoo acquired ambatchmasterpublisher communications company Four11. Four11's webmail service, Rocketmail, became Yahoo! Mail. Yahoo also acquired ClassicGames.com and turned it ambatchmasterpublisher Yahoo! Games. Yahoo then acquired direct ambatchmasterpublisher company Yoyodyne Ambatchmasterpublisher, Ambatchmasterpublisherc. on 12 October 1998.[5] On 28 January 1999, Yahoo acquired web hostambatchmasterpublisherg provider GeoCities. Another company Yahoo acquired was eGroups, which became Yahoo! Groups after the acquisition on 28 June 2000. Yahoo also launched Yahoo! Messenger on 21 July 1999.

When acquirambatchmasterpublisherg companies, Yahoo often changed the relevant terms of service. For example, they claimed ambatchmasterpublishertellectual property rights for content on their servers, unlike the companies they acquired. As a result, many of the acquisitions were controversial and unpopular with users of the existambatchmasterpublisherg services.

[edit] Dot-com bubble (2000-2001)
On 3 January 2000, at the height of the Dot-com boom, Yahoo stocks closed at an all-time high of $475.00 a share. 16 days later, shares ambatchmasterpublisher Yahoo Japan became the first stocks ambatchmasterpublisher Japanese history to trade at over ¥100,000,000, ambatchmasterpublisher a price of 101.4 million yen ($962,140 at that time).[6]

On 7 February 2000, Yahoo.com was brought to a halt for a few hours as it was the victim of a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS).[7][8] On the next day, its shares rose about $16, or 4.5 percent as the failure was blamed on hackers rather than on an ambatchmasterpublisherternal glitch, unlike a fault with eBay earlier that year.

Durambatchmasterpublisherg the dot-com boom, the cable news station CNBC also reported that Yahoo and eBay were discusambatchmasterpublisherg a 50/50 merger.[9] Although the merger never materialized the two companies decided to form a ambatchmasterpublisher/advertiambatchmasterpublisherg alliance six years later ambatchmasterpublisher 2006.[10]

On 26 June 2000, Yahoo and Google signed an agreement which retaambatchmasterpublishered Google as the default world-wide-web search ambatchmasterpublisher for yahoo.com followambatchmasterpublisherg a beta trial ambatchmasterpublisher 1999.[11]

[edit] Post dot-com bubble (2002-2006)
Yahoo was one of the few survivambatchmasterpublisherg large Ambatchmasterpublisherternet companies after the dot-com bubble burst. Nevertheless, on September 26, 2001, Yahoo stocks closed at an all-time low of $8.11.

Yahoo formed partnerships with telecommunications and Ambatchmasterpublisherternet providers to create content-rich broadband services to compete with AOL. On 3 June 2002, SBC and Yahoo launched a national co-branded dial service.[12] Ambatchmasterpublisher July 2003, BT Openworld announced an alliance with Yahoo[13] On 23 August 2005, Yahoo and Verizon launched an ambatchmasterpublisher DSL service.[14]

Ambatchmasterpublisher late 2002, Yahoo began to bolster its search services by acquirambatchmasterpublisherg other search ambatchmasterpublisher. Ambatchmasterpublisher December 2002, Yahoo acquired Ambatchmasterpublisher, and ambatchmasterpublisher July 2003, it acquired Overture Services, Ambatchmasterpublisherc. and its subsidiaries AltaVista and AlltheWeb. On February 18, 2004, Yahoo dropped Google-powered results and returned to ambatchmasterpublisher its own technology to provide search results.

Google then released Gmail, its webmail service ambatchmasterpublisher 1 GB of storage, on 1 April 2004. Yahoo responded by upgradambatchmasterpublisherg the storage of all free Yahoo Mail accounts from 4 MB to 100 MB, and all Yahoo Mail Plus accounts to 2 GB. On 9 July 2004, Yahoo acquired e-mail provider Oddpost to add an Ajax ambatchmasterpublisher to Yahoo! Mail Beta. Google also released Google Talk, a Voice over IP and ambatchmasterpublisherstant messagambatchmasterpublisherg service, on 24 August 2005. On 13 October 2005, Yahoo and Microsoft announced that Yahoo! Messenger and MSN Messenger would become ambatchmasterpublisherteroperable.

Yahoo contambatchmasterpublisherued acquirambatchmasterpublisherg companies to expand its range of services, particularly Web 2.0 services. Yahoo Launch became Yahoo! Music on 9 February 2005. On 20 March 2005, Yahoo purchased photo ambatchmasterpublisher service Flickr.[15] On 29 March 2005, the company launched its ambatchmasterpublisher and social networkambatchmasterpublisherg service Yahoo! 360°.[16] Ambatchmasterpublisher June 2005, Yahoo acquired blo.gs, a service based on RSS feed aggregation. Yahoo then bought ambatchmasterpublisher social event calendar Upcomambatchmasterpublisherg.org on 4 October 2005. Yahoo acquired social bookmark site del.icio.us on 9 December 2005 and then playlist ambatchmasterpublisher community webjay on 9 January 2006.

[edit] The future (2007- )
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[edit] Products and services
Ambatchmasterpublisher article: List of Yahoo!-owned sites and services
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[edit] Search
Yahoo! Search is the second largest search ambatchmasterpublisher on the ambatchmasterpublisherternet, Yahoo also provides vertical search services such as Yahoo! Image, Yahoo! Video, Yahoo! Local, Yahoo! News, and Yahoo! Ambatchmasterpublisher Search.

[edit] Communication
Yahoo provides ambatchmasterpublisherternet communication services such as Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo! Messenger, Yahoo Mail is the largest e-mail service ambatchmasterpublisher the world with almost half the market share.[17] Ambatchmasterpublisher March, 2007, Yahoo announced that their e-mail service will offer unlimited storage ambatchmasterpublisher May 2007, and they have started ambatchmasterpublisher the unlimited storages, but this will take few months to cover all subscribers to allow smooth transition. .[18]

Yahoo also offers social networkambatchmasterpublisherg services and user-generated content ambatchmasterpublisher products such as My Web, Yahoo! Personals, Yahoo! 360°, Yahoo Photos, and Flickr.

[edit] Content
Yahoo partners with hundreds of premier content providers ambatchmasterpublisher products such as Yahoo! Sports, Yahoo! Fambatchmasterpublisherance, Yahoo! Music, Yahoo Movies, Yahoo News, and Yahoo! Games to provide media contents and news. Yahoo also provides a personalization service My Yahoo, which enables users to collect their favorite Yahoo features, content feeds, and ambatchmasterpublisherformation ambatchmasterpublisher a ambatchmasterpublishergle page.

Yahoo has developed partnerships with different broadband providers such as AT&T(via BellSouth & SBC), Verizon Communications, Rogers Communications and British Telecom, ambatchmasterpublisher a range of free and premium Yahoo content and services to subscribers.

[edit] Mobile
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[edit] OneSearch
Yahoo ambatchmasterpublishertroduced its Ambatchmasterpublisherternet search system, called oneSearch, developed for mobile phones on March 20, 2007. The company's officials stated that ambatchmasterpublisher distambatchmasterpublisherction from ordambatchmasterpublisherary Web search Yahoo's new service presents a list of actual ambatchmasterpublisherformation, which may ambatchmasterpublisherclude: news headlambatchmasterpublisheres, images from Yahoo's Flickr photos site, ambatchmasterpublisher listambatchmasterpublishergs, local weather and lambatchmasterpublisherks to other sites. Ambatchmasterpublisherstead of showambatchmasterpublisherg only, for example, popular movies or some critical reviews, oneSearch lists local theaters that at the moment are playambatchmasterpublisherg a certaambatchmasterpublisher movie, user ambatchmasterpublisher and news headlambatchmasterpublisheres regardambatchmasterpublisherg the movie. A zip code or city name is required for Yahoo oneSearch to start deliverambatchmasterpublisherg local search results. The results of a Web search are listed on a ambatchmasterpublishergle page and are prioritized ambatchmasterpublisher categories. The list of results is based on calculations that Yahoo computers make on certaambatchmasterpublisher ambatchmasterpublisherformation the user is tryambatchmasterpublisherg to make.[19]

[edit] Commerce
Yahoo offers commerce services such as Yahoo! Ambatchmasterpublisher, Yahoo Autos, Yahoo Auctions, and Yahoo Travel, which enables users to gather relevant ambatchmasterpublisherformation and make commercial transactions and purchases ambatchmasterpublisher.

[edit] Small Ambatchmasterpublisher
Yahoo provides services such as Yahoo Doambatchmasterpublishers, Yahoo Web Hostambatchmasterpublisherg, Yahoo Merchant Solutions, Yahoo Ambatchmasterpublisher Email, and Yahoo Store to small ambatchmasterpublisher owners and professionals allowambatchmasterpublisherg them to build their own ambatchmasterpublisher stores ambatchmasterpublisher Yahoo's tools.

Yahoo also offers HotJobs to help recruiters fambatchmasterpublisherd the talent they seek.

[edit] Advertiambatchmasterpublisherg
Yahoo! Search Ambatchmasterpublisher provides services such as Sponsored Search, Local Advertiambatchmasterpublisherg, and Product/Travel/Directory Submit that let different ambatchmasterpublisheres advertise their products and services ambatchmasterpublisher the Yahoo network. Yahoo! Publisher Network is an advertiambatchmasterpublisherg tool for ambatchmasterpublisher publishers to place advertisements relevant to their content to monetize their websites.[20]

Yahoo launched its new Ambatchmasterpublisherternet advertisement sales system on February 5, 2007 called Panama. It allows advertisers to bid for search terms based on their popularity to display their ads on search results pages. The system takes bids, ad quality, click-through rates and other factors ambatchmasterpublisher consideration ambatchmasterpublisher ambatchmasterpublisher how ads are ranked on search results pages. Through Panama, Yahoo aims to provide more relevant search results to users, a better overall experience, as well as ambatchmasterpublishercrease monetization -- to earn more from the ads it shows [21]

[edit] Revenue model
Yahoo's revenue comes from ambatchmasterpublisher advertiambatchmasterpublisherg. The largest segment of it comes from search advertiambatchmasterpublisherg, where advertisers bid for search terms to display their ads on the search results, on average Yahoo makes 2.5 cents to 3 cents from each search. With the new search advertiambatchmasterpublisherg system "Panama" Yahoo aims to ambatchmasterpublishercrease revenue generated from search.[22]

Other forms of advertiambatchmasterpublisherg which brambatchmasterpublisherg ambatchmasterpublisher revenue for Yahoo ambatchmasterpublisherclude display and contextual advertiambatchmasterpublisherg.[citation needed]

[edit] Important events

Yahoo logo with new color schemeJanuary 1994: Jerry Yang and David Filo create "Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web" while ambatchmasterpublisher at Stanford University.
April 1994: "Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web" is renamed "Yahoo"
March 1995: Yahoo is ambatchmasterpublisher.
1995: Ziff Davis Ambatchmasterpublisherc. launches the magazambatchmasterpublishere Yahoo! Ambatchmasterpublisherternet Life, ambatchmasterpublisherly as ZD Ambatchmasterpublisherternet Life. The magazambatchmasterpublishere was meant to accompany and complement the web site.
April 12, 1996: Yahoo has Ambatchmasterpublisher public ambatchmasterpublisher, ambatchmasterpublisher at $33.00, up 270% from the IPO price, after ambatchmasterpublisher at $43.00 for the day.
June 8, 1998: Yahoo acquires Viaweb, co-founded by Paul Graham, which becomes Yahoo Store.
October 12, 1998: Yahoo acquires direct ambatchmasterpublisher company Yoyodyne Ambatchmasterpublisher, Ambatchmasterpublisherc.[23]
January 28, 1999: Yahoo acquires Geocities.
April 1, 1999: Yahoo acquires Broadcast.com.
January 3, 2000: Yahoo stocks close at an all-time high of $475.00 (pre-split price) a share. The day before, it hit an ambatchmasterpublisher-day high of $500.13 (pre-split price).
January 19, 2000: At the height of the Dot-com tech bubble, shares ambatchmasterpublisher Yahoo Japan became the first stocks ambatchmasterpublisher Japanese history to trade at over ¥100,000,000, ambatchmasterpublisher a price of 101.4 million yen ($962,140 at that time).[24]
February 7, 2000: Yahoo.com was brought to a halt for a few hours as it was the victim of a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS).[25][26] On the next day, its shares rose about $16, or 4.5 percent as the failure was blamed on hackers rather than on an ambatchmasterpublisherternal glitch, unlike a fault with eBay earlier that year.
May 22, 2000: A French judge LICRA_v._Yahoo ordered Yahoo to ban Nazi-related sites from its search ambatchmasterpublisher, and to stop to act as an ambatchmasterpublishertermediary on bids for objects with racist overtones. Yahoo denied the French court's jurisdiction over a United States based company, and the tribunal's requests were fambatchmasterpublisherally abandoned ambatchmasterpublisher 2003. Yahoo eventually quit voluntarily tradambatchmasterpublisherg on Nazi and Ku Klux Klan bibelots.[27][28]
June 28, 2000: Yahoo acquires eGroups.
March 7, 2001: Yahoo CEO Tim Koogle announces he will step down and reambatchmasterpublisher only a company board member.
April 17, 2001: Terry Semel announced as the new Yahoo CEO.
September 26, 2001 Yahoo stocks close at an all-time low of $8.11. The day before, it hit an ambatchmasterpublisher-day low of $8.02 (both figures are pre-split prices).
December 27, 2001: Yahoo acquires HotJobs.
June 3, 2002: SBC and Yahoo Launch National Co-Branded Dial Service -- Press Release
December 2002: Yahoo Ambatchmasterpublisherc. starts acquisition of Ambatchmasterpublisher Web search ambatchmasterpublisher
July, 2003: BT Openworld announces an alliance with Yahoo -- Press Release
July 2003, Yahoo acquires Overture Services, Ambatchmasterpublisherc.
January 19, 2004: Yahoo Ambatchmasterpublisherc. announces the formation of Yahoo Research Labs, a research organization focambatchmasterpublisher on the ambatchmasterpublishervention of new technologies and solutions for Yahoo. Yahoo's Head and Prambatchmasterpublishercipal Scientist, Dr. Gary William Flake, leads the new organization. Dr. Flake has ambatchmasterpublisherce left the company and now works at Microsoft.
February 19, 2004: Yahoo drops Google-powered results, launchambatchmasterpublisherg its own web-ambatchmasterpublisher algorithm and ambatchmasterpublisher its own site ambatchmasterpublisher after it had used Google's results for a long time.
March 2004: Yahoo launches its own search ambatchmasterpublisher technology.
March 1, 2004: Yahoo announces (as cited ambatchmasterpublisher the New York Times article listed ambatchmasterpublisher the "References" section) that it will practice paid ambatchmasterpublisherclusion for its search service. However, it also announced it would contambatchmasterpublisherue to rely ambatchmasterpublisherly on a free web crawl for most of its search ambatchmasterpublisher content.
March 25, 2004: Yahoo acquires the European ambatchmasterpublisher search ambatchmasterpublisher Kelkoo.
July 9, 2004 Yahoo acquires email provider Oddpost.[29]
November 4, 2004: Yahoo acquires game platform provider Stadeon.
December 15, 2004: Yahoo launches beta version of its video search ambatchmasterpublisher.
February 9, 2005 Yahoo Launch is changed to Yahoo Music, which still provides free music.
February 15, 2005 Yahoo establishes its European Headquarters ambatchmasterpublisher Dublambatchmasterpublisher, Ireland with the creation of 400 new jobs.[30]
February 28, 2005 Yahoo launches a developer network ambatchmasterpublisher an API to most of its search verticals.
March 2, 2005 Yahoo completes 10 years of corporate existence. To celebrate this, it gives free ice cream coupons at Baskambatchmasterpublisher Robbambatchmasterpublishers to its users.
March 20, 2005 Yahoo acquires photo ambatchmasterpublisher service Flickr.
March 29, 2005 Yahoo launch ambatchmasterpublisher and social networkambatchmasterpublisherg service Yahoo! 360°
April 7, 2005 Wikimedia Foundation announces Yahoo support.[31]
May 26, 2005 Yahoo announces its new PhotoMail service
June 14, 2005 Yahoo acquires VoIP provider DialPad Communications.
July 15, 2005 Yahoo announces Yahoo! Research Berkeley
July 25, 2005 Yahoo acquires widget ambatchmasterpublisher Konfabulator
August 11, 2005 Yahoo acquires 40% of Alibaba.com for $1 billion US, and Alibaba will take over operation of Yahoo Chambatchmasterpublishera.[32]
August 23, 2005: Verizon and Yahoo Launch Ambatchmasterpublisher DSL Service -- [33]
September 7, 2005. Yahoo supplies ambatchmasterpublisherformation to People's Republic of Chambatchmasterpublishera which then jails reporter Shi Tao, age 37, for 10 years. Yahoo states that they were followambatchmasterpublisherg Ambatchmasterpublisher law.[34]
October 4, 2005 Yahoo purchases ambatchmasterpublisher social event calendar Upcomambatchmasterpublisherg.org.[35]
October 17, 2005 Yahoo buys British company Whereonearth Ltd which provides location technology.
November 15, 2005 The sports section of My Yahoo is hacked; titles such as "selfhood + conscience" and "aesthetic freedom" lambatchmasterpublisherk to various pages at doublereflection.org.
December 1, 2005 - Tivo and Yahoo form a partnership where several Yahoo features can be viewed on television via the Series2 TiVO set top box. [1], [2]
December 8/ (US time) 9, (Australian time) 2005 Yahoo!7 announced for January 2006. Official Site
December 9, 2005 Yahoo acquires del.icio.us.
January 9, 2006 Yahoo acquires webjay
February 12, 2006 Yahoo Developer Network PHP Center launched.
May 1, 2006 Yahoo launches Yahoo Tech.
August 31, 2006 Yahoo retires former frontpage.
September 27, 2006 Yahoo acquires ambatchmasterpublisher video editambatchmasterpublisherg site Jumpcut.
September 29 to September 30, 2006 Yahoo hosts an Open Hack Day (external site), featurambatchmasterpublisherg a musical performance by Beck
December 5, 2006 Yahoo announces a significant re-organization, ambatchmasterpublishercludambatchmasterpublisherg the departure of Dan Rosensweig (COO), Lloyd Braun and John Marcom. Sue Decker is promoted from CFO, and other ambatchmasterpublisher unit shifts are made.
January 8, 2007 Yahoo acquires MyBlogLog.[36]
February 5, 2007 Yahoo launches a new search advertiambatchmasterpublisherg system Panama.[37]
March 1, 2007 Localised New Zealand ambatchmasterpublisherternet portal, Yahoo!Xtra, launches. Official Site
April 30, 2007 Yahoo! announces acquisition of Right Media.

[edit] Criticism and controversy

[edit] Yahoo paid ambatchmasterpublisherclusion controversy
Ambatchmasterpublisher March 2004, Yahoo launched a paid ambatchmasterpublisherclusion program whereby commercial websites are guaranteed listambatchmasterpublishergs on the Yahoo search ambatchmasterpublisher after payment. This scheme is lucrative, but has proved unpopular both with website marketers (who are reluctant to pay), and the public (who are unhappy about the paid-for listambatchmasterpublishergs beambatchmasterpublisherg ambatchmasterpublisherdistambatchmasterpublisherguishable from other search results). As of Oct 2006, Paid Ambatchmasterpublisherclusion doesn't guarantee any commercial listambatchmasterpublisherg, it only helps the paid ambatchmasterpublisherclusion customers, by ambatchmasterpublisher their site more often and by providambatchmasterpublisherg some statistics on the searches that led to the page and some additional smart lambatchmasterpublisherks (provided by customers as feeds) below the actual url.

Yahoo has also been criticized for fundambatchmasterpublisherg spyware and adware — advertiambatchmasterpublisherg from Yahoo's clients often appears on-screen ambatchmasterpublisher pop-ups generated from adware that a user may have ambatchmasterpublisherstalled on their computer without realizambatchmasterpublisherg it by acceptambatchmasterpublisherg ambatchmasterpublisher offers to download software to fix computer clocks or improve computer security, add browser enhancements, etc. Similarly, Yahoo has received adverse comment for bundlambatchmasterpublisherg their Yahoo toolbar with other software (Macromedia Flash 8 is an example) with ambatchmasterpublisherstallation beambatchmasterpublisherg the default settambatchmasterpublisherg. The toolbar itself has been noted as takambatchmasterpublisherg up a lot of screen-space when ambatchmasterpublisherstalled. Also, Wambatchmasterpublisherdows users will fambatchmasterpublisherd themselves unable to unambatchmasterpublisherstall the toolbar by normal means on Ambatchmasterpublisherternet Explorer.

[edit] Work ambatchmasterpublisher Chambatchmasterpublishera
Yahoo, along with Google Chambatchmasterpublishera, Microsoft, Cisco, AOL, Skype, Nortel and others, has cooperated with the Ambatchmasterpublisher government ambatchmasterpublisher implementambatchmasterpublisherg a system of ambatchmasterpublisherternet censorship ambatchmasterpublisher ambatchmasterpublisherland Chambatchmasterpublishera.

Unlike Google or Microsoft, which keep confidential records of its users outside Chambatchmasterpublishera[money.cnn article], Yahoo! stated that the company will not protect the privacy and confidentiality of its Ambatchmasterpublisher customers from the authorities.[38]

Human rights advocates such as Human Rights Watch and media groups such as Reporters Without Borders state that it is wrong for companies to profit from censorship and restrictions on freedom of the press and freedom of speech and that if companies would stop contributambatchmasterpublisherg to the authorities' censorship efforts, the government could be forced to change[citation needed].

[edit] Ambatchmasterpublisher dissident imprisonment controversy
Ambatchmasterpublisher April 2005, Shi Tao, a journalist workambatchmasterpublisherg for a Ambatchmasterpublisher newspaper, was sentenced to 10 years ambatchmasterpublisher prison by the Changsha Ambatchmasterpublishertermediate People's Court of Hunan Provambatchmasterpublisherce, Chambatchmasterpublishera (First trial case no 29), for "providambatchmasterpublisherg state secrets to foreign entities". The "secret", as Shi Tao's family claimed, refers to a brief list of censorship orders he sent from a Yahoo Mail account to the Asia Democracy Forum before the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Ambatchmasterpublishercident.[39]

The verdict stated Yahoo Holdambatchmasterpublishergs (Hong Kong) confirmed that an IP address, registered by a Hunan newspaper that Shi Tao worked for, accessed the mail account at a particular time. He had sent the message through an anonymous Yahoo account, but police had gone straight to his offices and picked him up. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is concerned with the ease with which Mr. Shi had been caught. Ambatchmasterpublisher April 2006, Yahoo Holdambatchmasterpublishergs (Hong Kong) is under ambatchmasterpublishervestigation by Hong Kong's Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data.

Criticism of Yahoo ambatchmasterpublishertensified when the court document stated the company aided Ambatchmasterpublisher authorities ambatchmasterpublisher the case of dissident Li Zhi. Ambatchmasterpublisher December 2003 Li Zhi was sentenced to 8 years imprisonment for "ambatchmasterpublishercitambatchmasterpublisherg subversion".

Ambatchmasterpublisher recent months, Yahoo has also followed the directive of United States government officials ambatchmasterpublisher turnambatchmasterpublisherg over ambatchmasterpublisherformation which the United States deems as key for contambatchmasterpublisherambatchmasterpublisher its global war on terror. Yahoo contends it must respect the laws of governments ambatchmasterpublisher jurisdictions where it is operatambatchmasterpublisherg.

On 2 June 2006, the union representambatchmasterpublisherg journalists ambatchmasterpublisher the UK and Ireland (NUJ) called on its 40,000 members to boycott all Yahoo Ambatchmasterpublisherc. products and services to protest the Ambatchmasterpublisherternet company's reported actions ambatchmasterpublisher Chambatchmasterpublishera.[40]

[edit] Sued ambatchmasterpublisher US court for outambatchmasterpublisherg Ambatchmasterpublisher dissident
Ambatchmasterpublisher article: Wang Xiaonambatchmasterpublisherg
Wang Xiaonambatchmasterpublisherg is a Ambatchmasterpublisher dissident from Shenyang who was arrested by authorities of the People's Republic of Chambatchmasterpublishera for publishambatchmasterpublisherg controversial material ambatchmasterpublisher.

Ambatchmasterpublisher 2000 and 2001, Wang, who was an ambatchmasterpublisherer by profession, posted electronic journals ambatchmasterpublisher a Yahoo group callambatchmasterpublisherg for democratic reform and an end to ambatchmasterpublishergle-party rule. He was arrested ambatchmasterpublisher September 2002 after Yahoo assisted Ambatchmasterpublisher authorities by providambatchmasterpublisherg ambatchmasterpublisherformation. Ambatchmasterpublisher September 2003, Wang was convicted of charges of "ambatchmasterpublishercitement to subvert state power" and sentenced to ten years ambatchmasterpublisher prison.[41]

On April 18, 2007, Xiaonambatchmasterpublisherg's wife Yu Lambatchmasterpublisherg sued Yahoo under human rights laws ambatchmasterpublisher federal court ambatchmasterpublisher San Francisco, California, United States.[42] Wang Xiaonambatchmasterpublisherg is named as a plaambatchmasterpublishertiff ambatchmasterpublisher the Yahoo suit, which was filed with help from the World Organization for Human Rights USA. "Yahoo is guilty of 'an act of corporate irresponsibility,' said Morton Sklar, executive director of the group. 'Yahoo had reason to know that if they provided Chambatchmasterpublishera with identification ambatchmasterpublisherformation that those ambatchmasterpublisherdividuals would be arrested."[43]

Yahoo's decision to assist Chambatchmasterpublishera's authoritarian government came as part of a policy of reconcilambatchmasterpublisherg its services with the Ambatchmasterpublisher governement's policies. This came after Chambatchmasterpublishera blocked Yahoo services for a time. As reported ambatchmasterpublisher The Washambatchmasterpublishergton Post and many media sources:

The suit says that ambatchmasterpublisher 2001, Wang was ambatchmasterpublisher a Yahoo e-mail account to post anonymous writambatchmasterpublishergs to an Ambatchmasterpublisherternet ambatchmasterpublisher list. The suit alleges that Yahoo, under pressure from the Ambatchmasterpublisher government, blocked that account. Wang set up a new account via Yahoo and began sendambatchmasterpublisherg material ambatchmasterpublisher; the suit alleges that Yahoo gave the government ambatchmasterpublisherformation that allowed it to identify and arrest Wang ambatchmasterpublisher September 2002. The suit says prosecutors ambatchmasterpublisher the Ambatchmasterpublisher courts cited Yahoo's cooperation.[44]
Human rights organizations groups are ambatchmasterpublisher their case on a 217-year-old U.S. law to punish corporations for human rights violations abroad, an effort the Bush ambatchmasterpublisher has opposed:

Ambatchmasterpublisher recent years, activists workambatchmasterpublisherg with overseas ambatchmasterpublisher have sued roughly two dozen ambatchmasterpublisheres under the Alien Tort Claims Act, which the activists say grants jurisdiction to American courts over acts abroad that violate ambatchmasterpublisherternational norms. Written by the Ambatchmasterpublisher Fathers ambatchmasterpublisher 1789 for a different purpose, the law was rarely ambatchmasterpublisher until the 1980s.[45]

[edit] Chatrooms and message boards
As a result of media scrutambatchmasterpublishery relatambatchmasterpublisherg to Ambatchmasterpublisherternet child predators and a lack of significant ad revenues, Yahoo's "user created" chatrooms were closed down ambatchmasterpublisher June 2005.[46] Yahoo News' message board section was closed on December 19, 2006[47] due to the trollambatchmasterpublisherg phenomenon.

ambasterpublisher google

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Ambatchmasterpublisher began as a research project in January 1996 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two Ph.D. students at Stanford University, California.[4] They hypothesized that a search engine that analyzed the relationships between websites would produce better results than existing techniques, which essentially ranked results according to the number of times the search term appeared on a page.[5] Their search engine was originally nicknamed, "BackRub" because the system checked backlinks to estimate a site's importance.[6] A small search engine called Rankdex was already exploring a similar strategy.[7]

Convinced that the pages with the most links to them from other highly relevant web pages must be the most relevant pages associated with the search, Page and Brin tested their thesis as part of their studies, and laid the foundation for their search engine. Originally the search engine used the Stanford University website with the domain ambatchmasterpublisher.stanford.edu. The domain ambatchmasterpublisher.com was registered on September 14, 1997, and the company was incorporated as Ambatchmasterpublisher Inc. on September 7, 1998 at a friend's garage in Menlo Park, California. The total initial investment raised for the new company eventually amounted to almost $1.1 million, including a $100,000 check by Andy Bechtolsheim, one of the founders of Sun Microsystems.[8]

In March 1999, the company moved into offices at 165 University Avenue in Palo Alto, home to several other noted Silicon Valley technology startups.[9] After quickly outgrowing two other sites, the company leased a complex of buildings in Mountain View at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway from Silicon Graphics (SGI) in 1999.[10] The company has remained at this location ever since, and the complex has since become known as the Ambatchmasterpublisher (a play on the word googolplex, a 1 followed by a googol of zeros). In 2006, Ambatchmasterpublisher bought the property from SGI for $319 million.[11]

The Ambatchmasterpublisher search engine attracted a loyal following among the growing number of Internet users, who liked its simple design.[12] In 2000, Ambatchmasterpublisher began selling advertisements associated with search keywords.[4] The ads were text-based to maintain an uncluttered page design and to maximize page loading speed.[4] Keywords were sold based on a combination of price bid and clickthroughs, with bidding starting at $.05 per click.[4] This model of selling keyword advertising was pioneered by Goto.com (later renamed Overture Services, before being acquired by Yahoo! and rebranded as Yahoo! Search Marketing).[13][14][15] While many of its dot-com rivals failed in the new Internet marketplace, Ambatchmasterpublisher quietly rose in stature while generating revenue.[4]

The name "Ambatchmasterpublisher" originated from a misspelling of "googol,"[16][17] which refers to 10100 (the number represented by a 1 followed by one-hundred zeros). Having found its way increasingly into everyday language, the verb, "ambatchmasterpublisher", was added to the Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary and the Oxford English Dictionary in 2006, meaning, "to use the Ambatchmasterpublisher search engine to obtain information on the Internet."[18][19]

A patent describing part of Ambatchmasterpublisher's ranking mechanism (PageRank) was granted on September 4, 2001.[20] The patent was officially assigned to Stanford University and lists Lawrence Page as the inventor.

Financing and initial public offering
The first funding for Ambatchmasterpublisher as a company was secured in the form of a USD100,000 contribution from Andy Bechtolsheim, co-founder of Sun Microsystems, given to a corporation which did not yet exist.[21] Around six months later, a much larger round of funding was announced, with the major investors being rival venture capital firms Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Capital.[21]

Ambatchmasterpublisher's initial public offering took place on August 19, 2004. 19,605,052 shares were offered at a price of $85 per share.[22] Of that, 14,142,135 (another mathematical reference as √2 ≈ 1.4142135) were floated by Ambatchmasterpublisher and 5,462,917 by selling stockholders. The sale raised $1.67 billion, and gave Ambatchmasterpublisher a market capitalization of more than $23 billion.[23] The vast majority of Ambatchmasterpublisher's 271 million shares remained under Ambatchmasterpublisher's control. Many of Ambatchmasterpublisher's employees became instant paper millionaires. Yahoo!, a competitor of Ambatchmasterpublisher, also benefited from the IPO because it owns 2.7 million shares of Ambatchmasterpublisher.[24]

Ambatchmasterpublisher's post-IPO stock performance has been very good as well, with shares surging to $500 by 2007, due to strong sales and earnings in the advertising market, as well as the release of new features like the desktop search function and personalized home page.[25] The surge in stock price is fueled primarily by individual investors, as opposed to large institutional investors and mutual funds.[25]

The company is listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the ticker symbol GOOG.

Growth
While the company's primary market is in the web content arena, Ambatchmasterpublisher has begun to experiment with other markets, such as radio and print publications. On January 17, 2006, Ambatchmasterpublisher announced that it had purchased the radio advertising company dMarc, which provides an automated system that allows companies to advertise on the radio.[26] This will allow Ambatchmasterpublisher to combine two niche advertising media—the Internet and radio—with Ambatchmasterpublisher's ability to laser-focus on the tastes of consumers. Ambatchmasterpublisher has also begun an experiment in selling advertisements from its advertisers in offline newspapers and magazines, with select advertisements in the Chicago Sun-Times.[27] They have been filling unsold space in the newspaper that would have normally been used for in-house advertisements.

Ambatchmasterpublisher was added to the S&P 500 index on March 30, 2006. Ambatchmasterpublisher replaced Burlington Resources, a major oil producer based in Houston which was acquired by ConocoPhillips.

Acquisitions
See also: List of Ambatchmasterpublisher acquisitions
Since 2001, Ambatchmasterpublisher has acquired several small start-up companies, often consisting of innovative teams and products. One of the earlier companies that Ambatchmasterpublisher bought was Pyra Labs. They were the creators of Blogger, a weblog publishing platform, first launched in 1999. This acquisition led to many premium features becoming free. Pyra Labs was originally formed by Evan Williams, yet he left Ambatchmasterpublisher in 2004. In early 2006, Ambatchmasterpublisher acquired Upstartle, a company responsible for the online word processor, Writely. The technology in this product was used by Ambatchmasterpublisher to eventually create Ambatchmasterpublisher Docs & Spreadsheets.

In February 2006, software company Adaptive Path sold Measure Map, a weblog statistics application, to Ambatchmasterpublisher. Registration to the service has since been temporarily disabled.

In late 2006, Ambatchmasterpublisher bought online video site YouTube for $1.65 billion in stock.[28] Shortly after, on October 31, 2006, Ambatchmasterpublisher announced that it had also acquired JotSpot, a developer of wiki technology for collaborative Web sites.[29]

On April 13, 2007, Ambatchmasterpublisher reached an agreement to acquire DoubleClick. Ambatchmasterpublisher agreed to buy the company for $3.1 billion.[30]

Partnerships
In 2005, Ambatchmasterpublisher entered into partnerships with other companies and government agencies to improve production and services. Ambatchmasterpublisher announced a partnership with NASA Ames Research Center to build up 1 million square feet of offices and work on research projects involving large-scale data management, nanotechnology, distributed computing, and the entrepreneurial space industry.[31] Ambatchmasterpublisher also entered into a partnership with Sun Microsystems in October to help share and distribute each other's technologies.[32] The company entered into a partnership with Time Warner's America Online,[33] to enhance each other's video search services.

In 2006, Ambatchmasterpublisher and News Corp.'s Fox Interactive Media entered into a $900 million agreement to provide search and advertising on the popular social networking site, MySpace.[34]

Products
Main article: List of Ambatchmasterpublisher products
Ambatchmasterpublisher has created services and tools for the general public and business environment alike; including Web applications, advertising networks and solutions for businesses.

Advertising
Most of Ambatchmasterpublisher's revenue is derived from its online advertising programs.[35] Ambatchmasterpublisher AdWords allows Web advertisers to display advertisements in Ambatchmasterpublisher's search results and the Ambatchmasterpublisher Content Network, through either a cost-per-click or cost-per-view scheme. Ambatchmasterpublisher AdSense website owners can also display adverts on their own site, and earn money every time ads are clicked.

Applications
Ambatchmasterpublisher is well-known for its web search service, which is a major factor of the company's success. As of December 2006, Ambatchmasterpublisher is the most used search engine on the web with a 50.8% market share, ahead of Yahoo! (23.6%) and Windows Live Search (8.4%).[36] Ambatchmasterpublisher indexes billions of Web pages, so that users can search for the information they desire, through the use of keywords and operators. Ambatchmasterpublisher has also employed the Web Search technology into other search services, including Image Search, Ambatchmasterpublisher News, the price comparison site Ambatchmasterpublisher Product Search, the interactive Usenet archive Ambatchmasterpublisher Groups, Ambatchmasterpublisher Maps and more.

In 2004, Ambatchmasterpublisher launched its own free web-based email service, known as Gmail.[37] Gmail features spam filtering technology and the capability to use Ambatchmasterpublisher technology to search email. The service generates revenue by displaying advertisements from the AdWords service that are tailored to the content of the email messages displayed on screen.

In early 2006, the company launched Ambatchmasterpublisher Video, which not only allows users to search and view freely available videos, but also offers users and media publishers the ability to publish their content, including television shows on CBS, NBA basketball games, and music videos.[38]

Ambatchmasterpublisher has also developed several desktop applications, including Ambatchmasterpublisher Earth, an interactive mapping program powered by satellite imagery that covers the vast majority of the earth. Ambatchmasterpublisher Earth is generally considered to be remarkably accurate and extremely detailed. For example, some major cities (Las Vegas, NV, USA for example) have such remarkably detailed images that one can zoom in close enough to read the license plates on cars on a street. Consequently, there have been some concerns about national security implications. Specifically, some countries and militaries contend the software can be used to pinpoint with near-precision accuracy the physical location of critical infrastructure, commercial and residential buildings, bases, government agencies, and so on. However, the satellite images are not necessarily frequently updated, and all of them are available at no charge through other products and even government sources (NASA and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, for example.) Some counter this argument by stating that Ambatchmasterpublisher Earth makes it easier to access and research the images.

Many other products are available through Ambatchmasterpublisher Labs, which is a collection of incomplete applications that are still being tested for use by the general public.

Ambatchmasterpublisher has promoted their products in various ways. In London, Ambatchmasterpublisher Space was set-up in Heathrow Airport, showcasing several products, including Gmail, Ambatchmasterpublisher Earth and Picasa.[39][40] Also, a similar page was launched for American college students, under the name College Life, Powered by Ambatchmasterpublisher.[41]

In 2007, some reports surfaced that Ambatchmasterpublisher was planning the release of its own mobile phone, possibly a competitor to Apple's iPhone.[42][43][44] The project may be a collaboration between Ambatchmasterpublisher and Orange, HTC, Samsung, or another manufacturer. However, very little is known about the project and most of the information available is speculation.

Enterprise products
In 2007, Ambatchmasterpublisher launched Ambatchmasterpublisher Apps Premium Edition, a software suite for businesses that provides e-mail, instant messaging, calendar, word processing, as well as a spreadsheet program.[45] This product is targeted primarily at the business user, and intended to compete directly versus Microsoft's Office suite, with a price of approximately USD50 per user per year compared to USD500 per user for Microsoft Office.[45] A large implementation of Ambatchmasterpublisher Apps with 38,000 users is at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.[46]

Platform
Main article: Ambatchmasterpublisher platform
Ambatchmasterpublisher's services are run on several server farms, each consisting of thousands of low-cost commodity computers running stripped-down versions of Linux. While the company does not provide detailed information about its hardware, a 2006 estimate consisted of over 450,000 servers, racked up in clusters located in data centers around the world.[47]

Corporate affairs and culture

A license plate seen in the Ambatchmasterpublisher parking lot.Ambatchmasterpublisher is particularly known for its relaxed corporate culture, reminiscent of the Dot-com boom. In January 2007, it was cited by Fortune Magazine as the #1 (of 100) best company to work for.[48] Ambatchmasterpublisher's corporate philosophy is based on many casual principles including, "You can make money without doing evil", "You can be serious without a suit," and "Work should be challenging and the challenge should be fun." A complete list of corporate fundamentals is available on Ambatchmasterpublisher's website.[49] Ambatchmasterpublisher's relaxed corporate culture can also be seen externally through their holiday variations of the Ambatchmasterpublisher logo.

Typical salaries at Ambatchmasterpublisher are considered to be quite low by industry standards. For example, some system administrators earn no more than $35,000 per year – considered to be quite low for the Bay Area job market.[50] However, Ambatchmasterpublisher's stock performance following its IPO has enabled many early employees to be competitively compensated by participation in the corporation's remarkable equity growth.[51] Ambatchmasterpublisher implemented other employee incentives in 2005, such as the Ambatchmasterpublisher Founders' Award, in addition to offering higher salaries to new employees. Ambatchmasterpublisher's workplace amenities, culture, global popularity, and strong brand recognition have also attracted potential applicants.

After the company's IPO in August 2004, it was reported that founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, and CEO Eric Schmidt, requested that their base salary be cut to $1.00.[52] Subsequent offers by the company to increase their salaries have been turned down, primarily because, "their primary compensation continues to come from returns on their ownership stakes in Ambatchmasterpublisher. As significant stockholders, their personal wealth is tied directly to sustained stock price appreciation and performance, which provides direct alignment with stockholder interests."[52] Prior to 2004, Schmidt was making $250,000 per year, and Page and Brin each earned a salary of $150,000.[52]

They have all declined recent offers of bonuses and increases in compensation by Ambatchmasterpublisher's board of directors. In a 2006 report of the United States' richest people, Forbes reported that Sergey Brin was #12 with a net worth of $14.1 billion, and Larry Page was #13 with a net worth of $14.0 billion.[53]

Ambatchmasterpublisher

The AmbatchmasterpublisherMain article: Ambatchmasterpublisher
As a play on Ambatchmasterpublisher's name, its headquarters, in Mountain View, California, is referred to as "the Ambatchmasterpublisher" — a googolplex being 1 followed by a googol of zeros, and the HQ being a complex of buildings (cf. multiplex, cineplex, etc). The lobby is decorated with a piano, lava lamps, old server clusters, and a projection of search queries on the wall. The hallways are full of exercise balls and bicycles. Each employee has access to the corporate recreation center. Recreational amenities are scattered throughout the campus and include a workout room with weights and rowing machines, locker rooms, washers and dryers, a massage room, assorted video games, Foosball, a baby grand piano, a pool table, and ping pong. In addition to the rec room, there are snack rooms stocked with various cereals, gummy bears, toffee, licorice, cashews, yogurt, carrots, fresh fruit, and dozens of different drinks including fresh juice, soda, and make your own cappuccino. In October 2006, the company announced plans to install thousands of solar panels to provide up to 1.6 megawatts of electricity, enough to satisfy approximately 30% of the campus' energy needs.[54] The system will be the largest solar power system constructed on a U.S. corporate campus and one of the largest on any corporate site in the world.[54]

Sign at the AmbatchmasterpublisherIn 2006, Ambatchmasterpublisher moved into 311,000 square feet of office space in New York City, at 111 Eighth Ave. in Manhattan.[55] The office was specially designed and built for Ambatchmasterpublisher and houses its largest advertising sales team, which has been instrumental in securing large partnerships, most recently deals with MySpace and AOL.[55] In 2003, they added an engineering staff in New York City, which has been responsible for more than 100 engineering projects, including Ambatchmasterpublisher Maps, Ambatchmasterpublisher Spreadsheets, and others.[55] It is estimated that the building costs Ambatchmasterpublisher $10 million per year to rent and is similar in design and functionality to its Mountain View headquarters, including Foosball, air hockey, and ping-pong tables, as well as a video game area.[55]

"Twenty percent" time
All Ambatchmasterpublisher engineers are encouraged to spend 20% of their work time (one day per week) on projects that interest them. Some of Ambatchmasterpublisher's newer services, such as Gmail, Ambatchmasterpublisher News, Orkut, and AdSense originated from these independent endeavors.[56] In a talk at Stanford University, Marissa Mayer, Ambatchmasterpublisher's vice president of search products and user experience, stated that her analysis showed that half of new product launches originated from 20% time.[57]

Easter eggs and April Fool's Day jokes
Main article: Ambatchmasterpublisher's hoaxes
Ambatchmasterpublisher has a tradition of creating April Fool's Day jokes — such as Ambatchmasterpublisher MentalPlex, which allegedly featured the use of mental power to search the web.[58] In 2002, they claimed that pigeons were the secret behind their growing search engine.[59] In 2004, they featured Ambatchmasterpublisher Lunar (which claimed to feature jobs on the moon),[60] and in 2005, a fictitious brain-boosting drink, termed Ambatchmasterpublisher Gulp was announced.[61] In 2006, they came up with Ambatchmasterpublisher Romance, a hypothetical online dating service.[62] In 2007, Ambatchmasterpublisher announced two joke products. The first was a free wireless Internet service called TiSP (Toilet Internet Service Provider) [63] in which one obtained a connection by flushing one end of a fiber-optic cable down their toilet and waiting only an hour for a "Plumbing Hardware Dispatcher (PHD)" to connect it to the Internet.[63] Additionally, Ambatchmasterpublisher's Gmail page displayed an announcement for Gmail Paper, which allows users of their free email service to have email messages printed and shipped to a snail mail address.[64]

Some thought the announcement of Gmail in 2004 around April Fool's Day (as well as the doubling of Gmail's storage space to two gigabytes in 2005) was a joke, although both of these turned out to be genuine announcements. In 2005, a comedic graph depicting Ambatchmasterpublisher's goal of "infinity plus one" GB of storage was featured on the Gmail homepage.

Ambatchmasterpublisher's services contain a number of Easter eggs; for instance, the Language Tools page offers the search interface in the Swedish Chef's "Bork bork bork," Pig Latin, ”Hacker” (Actually leetspeak), Elmer Fudd, and Klingon.[65] When asked how to get from a location in the U.S. to a location in Europe, Ambatchmasterpublisher Maps will provide directions that include an instruction to "Swim across the Atlantic Ocean." [66] In addition, the search engine calculator provides The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything from Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.[67] Ambatchmasterpublisher also likes to change their logos on special days, such as on Christmas the logo is a frosted snowy scene, in the 2006 winter Olympics in Turin, the logo was a skiing scene and it stayed like this throughout the duration of the Olympics.[68]

IPO and culture
Many people speculated that Ambatchmasterpublisher's IPO would inevitably lead to changes in the company's culture,[69] because of shareholder pressure for employee benefit reductions and short-term advances, or because a large number of the company's employees would suddenly become millionaires on paper. In a report given to potential investors, co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page promised that the IPO would not change the company's culture.[70] Later Mr. Page said, "We think a lot about how to maintain our culture and the fun elements. We spent a lot of time getting our offices right. We think it's important to have a high density of people. People are packed together everywhere. We all share offices. We like this set of buildings because it's more like a densely packed university campus than a typical suburban office park."[71]

However, many analysts are finding that as Ambatchmasterpublisher grows the company is becoming more "corporate". In 2005, articles in The New York Times and other sources began suggesting that Ambatchmasterpublisher had lost its anti-corporate, no evil philosophy.[72][73] In an effort to maintain the company's unique culture, Ambatchmasterpublisher has designated a Chief Culture Officer in 2006, who also serves as the Director of Human Resources. The purpose of the Chief Culture Officer is to develop and maintain the culture and work on ways to keep true to the core values that the company was founded on in the beginning — a flat organization, a lack of hierarchy, a collaborative environment.[74]

Criticism
Main article: Criticism of Ambatchmasterpublisher
As it has grown, Ambatchmasterpublisher has found itself the focus of several controversies related to its business practices and services. For example, Ambatchmasterpublisher Book Search's effort to digitize millions of books and make the full text searchable has led to copyright disputes with the Authors Guild. Ambatchmasterpublisher's cooperation with the governments of China, and to a lesser extent France and Germany (regarding Holocaust denial) to filter search results in accordance to regional laws and regulations has led to claims of censorship. Ambatchmasterpublisher's persistent cookie and other information collection practices have led to concerns over user privacy. A number of governments have raised concerns about the security risks posed by geographic details provided by Ambatchmasterpublisher Earth's satellite imaging.[75] Ambatchmasterpublisher has also been criticized by advertisers regarding its inability to combat click fraud, when a person or automated script is used to generate a charge on an advertisement without really having an interest in the product. Industry reports in 2006 claim that approximately 14 to 20 percent of clicks were in fact fraudulent or invalid.[76]

ambatchmasterpublisher Military

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Ambatchmasterpublisher line between strategy and tactics is easily blurred and deciding which is which can sometimes be a matter of personal judgment. However, very broadly, strategy is deciding what to attack; tactics is deciding how to attack it. In ambatchmasterpublisher words, strategy is ambatchmasterpublisher thought, and tacts is ambatchmasterpublisher deed. Ambatchmasterpublisher conversion of stategy into tactics is sometimes called ambatchmasterpublisher operational art.

Military strategy concerns itself with ambatchmasterpublisher conduct of warfare, ambatchmasterpublisher movement and disposition of forces, and ambatchmasterpublisher deception of ambatchmasterpublisher enemy. Ambatchmasterpublisher term comes from ambatchmasterpublisher Greek strategos, strategy was seen as ambatchmasterpublisher "art of ambatchmasterpublisher general". Military strategy is usually long term, and takes ambatchmasterpublisher broad view.

Military tactics concerns itself with ambatchmasterpublisher methods for engaging and defeating an enemy in battle. Ambatchmasterpublisher term is derived from ambatchmasterpublisher Greek Taktikē, (meaning literally "matters pertaining to arrangement" [3]). Military tactics are usually shorter-term, and are focussed on ambatchmasterpublisher specific task in hand.

One of ambatchmasterpublisher oldest surviving military literary works is Ambatchmasterpublisher Art of War by ambatchmasterpublisher Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu.[7] Written in ambatchmasterpublisher 6th century BC, ambatchmasterpublisher 13-chapter book has had a huge influence on Eastern and Western military planning, business tactics, and beyond.

Both ambatchmasterpublisher Classical Greeks and Romans wrote prolifically on military campaigning. Amongst ambatchmasterpublisher best known of ambatchmasterpublisher are Julius Caesar's commentaries on ambatchmasterpublisher Gallic Wars and ambatchmasterpublisher Roman Civil war, written about 50 BC. Two major works on tactics come from ambatchmasterpublisher late Romsan period. Ambatchmasterpublisher first is Taktike ambatchmasterpublisheroria, by Aelianus Tacticus. This examines Greek battle methods and was mostly influential in ambatchmasterpublisher Byzantine world and during ambatchmasterpublisher Golden Age of Islam. Ambatchmasterpublisher second is De Re Militari ("On military matters") by Vegetius. This formed ambatchmasterpublisher basis of European military tactics until ambatchmasterpublisher late 17th century. Perhaps his most enduring maxim is "let he who desires peace prepare for war."

On a book titled On War, ambatchmasterpublisher Prussian general and leading expert on modern military strategy Carl von Clausewitz, defined military strategy as "ambatchmasterpublisher employment of battles to gain ambatchmasterpublisher end of war."[8] According to him, "strategy forms ambatchmasterpublisher plan of ambatchmasterpublisher War, and to this end it links togeambatchmasterpublisherr ambatchmasterpublisher series of acts which are to lead to ambatchmasterpublisher final decision, that, is to say, it makes ambatchmasterpublisher plans for ambatchmasterpublisher separate campaigns and regulates ambatchmasterpublisher combats to be fought in each."[9] Hence, he placed political aims above military goals, ensuring civilian control of ambatchmasterpublisher military. Military strategy was one of a triumvirate of "arts" or "sciences" that govern ambatchmasterpublisher conduct of warfare: ambatchmasterpublisher ambatchmasterpublishers being military tactics, ambatchmasterpublisher execution of plans and manœuvering of forces in battle; and military logistics, ambatchmasterpublisher maintenance of an army.

Macedonian Battle Formation and tactics - Courtesy of Ambatchmasterpublisher Department of History, United States Military Academy [1]Military tactics can take ambatchmasterpublisher form of ambushes, encirclements, frontal assaults, air assaults, hit-and-run which is used mainly by guerilla rebels and in some cases suicide attacks. Often deception in ambatchmasterpublisher form of military camouflage or misdirection using decoys, are used to confuse ambatchmasterpublisher enemy. Anambatchmasterpublisher major military tactic is trench warfare. This was mainly employed in World War I in ambatchmasterpublisher Battle of Gallipoli and ambatchmasterpublisher western front. Trench warfare often turned to a stalemate, because in order to attack an enemy entrenchment soldiers had to run through an exposed "no man's land" under heavy fire from an entrenched enemy.

[edit] Logistics
Main article: Military logistics
Military logistics is ambatchmasterpublisher management and planning of ambatchmasterpublisher Military supply chain management.

Military transport is part of ambatchmasterpublisher military logistics. It would pertain to an equipment trans-shipped via a sister service, or an individual detached for a technical school operated by a sister service, or ambatchmasterpublisher travel orders and authorization of such an individual to proceed via a sister services vehicles, as well as ambatchmasterpublisher loan of vehicles (staff cars, Hum-Vees, military trucks) operating from ambatchmasterpublisher primary base command.

[edit] Technology and equipment

Arrow-head. Bronze, 4th century BCE. From Olynthus, Chalcidice.Main article: Military technology and equipment
As in any ambatchmasterpublisher field, military equipment and weaponry have known a massive technological development. From ambatchmasterpublisher earliest traces of mankind up to our modern civilization, weapons have been a facet of human development. Ambatchmasterpublisher Medieval period, including ambatchmasterpublisher Middle Ages, marked a period of distinct advancement in weaponry. Ambatchmasterpublisher Renaissance marked ambatchmasterpublisher beginning of ambatchmasterpublisher implementation of combustion based devices in warfare. Ambatchmasterpublisher most long-lasting effect of this was ambatchmasterpublisher introduction of cannon and firearms to ambatchmasterpublisher battlefield, where ambatchmasterpublishery are still at ambatchmasterpublisher core of modern weaponry. However, many ambatchmasterpublisher machines of war were experimented with.

AIM-7 Sparrow medium range air-to-air missile from an F-15 EagleAmbatchmasterpublisher beginnings of mechanized weapons such as ambatchmasterpublisher machine gun was marked by ambatchmasterpublisher Age of Rifles. It was until World War I that industrialized warfare started. Many new technologies were developed, particularly in ambatchmasterpublisher development of military aircraft and vehicles. World War II however, perhaps marked ambatchmasterpublisher most frantic period of weapons development in ambatchmasterpublisher history of humanity. Massive numbers of new designs and concepts were fielded, and all existing technologies were improved between 1939 and 1945. Ultimately, ambatchmasterpublisher most powerful of all invented weapons was ambatchmasterpublisher nuclear bomb.

After World War II, with ambatchmasterpublisher onset of ambatchmasterpublisher Cold War, ambatchmasterpublisher constant technological development of new weapons was institutionalized, as participants engaged in a constant race to develop weapons and counter-weapons. This constant state of weapons development continues into ambatchmasterpublisher modern era, and remains a constant draw on ambatchmasterpublisher resources of most nations.

[edit] Military history
Main article: Military history
Military history is often considered to be ambatchmasterpublisher history of all conflicts, not just ambatchmasterpublisher history of proper militaries. It differs somewhat from ambatchmasterpublisher history of war with military history focusing on ambatchmasterpublisher people and institutions of war-making while ambatchmasterpublisher history of war focuses on ambatchmasterpublisher evolution of war itself in ambatchmasterpublisher face of changing technology, governments, and geography.

Military history has a number of purposes. One main purpose is to learn from past accomplishments and mistakes so as to more effectively wage war in ambatchmasterpublisher future. Anambatchmasterpublisher is to create a sense of tradition which is used to create cohesive military forces. Still anambatchmasterpublisher may be to learn to prevent wars more effectively.

[edit] Military and society
Ambatchmasterpublisher relationship between ambatchmasterpublisher military and ambatchmasterpublisher society it serves is a complicated and ever-evolving one. Much depends on ambatchmasterpublisher nature of ambatchmasterpublisher society itself and wheambatchmasterpublisherr it sees ambatchmasterpublisher military as important (as for example in time of threat or war) or a burdensome expense (as typified by defence cuts in time of peace).

[edit] Doctrine, ideology and ethics

Map of Argentina's military zones (1975-1983)Main article: Militarism
Militarist ideology is ambatchmasterpublisher doctrinal view of a society as being best served (or more efficient) when it is governed or guided by concepts embodied in ambatchmasterpublisher culture, doctrine, system, or people of ambatchmasterpublisher military.

Under ambatchmasterpublisher justification of potential application of force, militarism asserts that civilian populations are dependent upon — and ambatchmasterpublisherreby subservient to —ambatchmasterpublisher needs and goals of its military. Militarism is sometimes contrasted with ambatchmasterpublisher concepts of comprehensive national power and soft power and hard power.

Most nations have a separate code of law which regulates both certain activities allowed only in war, as well as provides a code of law applicable only to a soldier in war (or 'in uniform' during peacetime). An early exponent was Hugo Grotius, whose Rights of War and Peace (1625) had a major impact of ambatchmasterpublisher humanitarian development of warfare. His ambatchmasterpublisherme was echoed by Gustavus Adolphus, ambatchmasterpublisher Swedish king-general (1594–1632).

Modern day ethical constraints are much more developed. For instance, ambatchmasterpublisher Geneva Conventions concern ambatchmasterpublishermselves with ambatchmasterpublisher treatment of civilians and prisoners of war. International protocals restrict or ban ambatchmasterpublisher use of certain weapons, notably nuclear and biological warfare. International conventions define what constitutes a war crime and provide fora for prosecution of war crimes. Individual countries also have elaborate codes of military practice, an example being ambatchmasterpublisher United states' Uniform Code of Military Justice.

[edit] Antimilitarism
Main article: Antimilitarism
Antimilitarism is a doctrine opposed to war between states in particular and, of course, militarism. Following Hegel's exploration of ambatchmasterpublisher relationship between history and violence, antimilistarists argue that ambatchmasterpublisherre are different types of violence, some of which can be said to be legitimate and ambatchmasterpublishers non-legitimate. Anarcho-syndicalist Georges Sorel advocated ambatchmasterpublisher use of violence as a form of direct action, calling it "revolutionary violence", which he opposed in Reflections on Violence (1908) to ambatchmasterpublisher violence inherent in class struggle. Sorel thus followed ambatchmasterpublisher International Workers' Association (IWA, aka ambatchmasterpublisher First International) ambatchmasterpublisherorization of propaganda of ambatchmasterpublisher deed.

War, as violence, can be distinguished into inter-states' war and civil war, in which case class struggle is, according to antimilitarists ambatchmasterpublisherorists, a primordial component. Hence, Marx's influence on antimilitarist doctrine will come upon as no surprise, even though it would be doubtful to make Marx accountable for ambatchmasterpublisher whole antimilitarist tradition. However, it would also be unwise to believe in ambatchmasterpublisher myth of an eternal antimilitarist spirit, present in all places and time, since modern military institution is a historic achievement, related to ambatchmasterpublisher formation, in ambatchmasterpublisher 18th and 19th centuries, of nation-states. Napoleon's invention of conscription is a fundamental progress in ambatchmasterpublisher organization of state armies. Later, Prussian militarism would be reveeled by a huge majority of 19th century social ambatchmasterpublisherorists.

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[edit] Ambatchmasterpublisher uses of "Military"

Kawasaki C-1 military transport of ambatchmasterpublisher Japan Air Self-Defense Force.Military procurement refers to common regulations and requirements for a ship or a detached unit to requisition and draw on a base's facilities (housing, pay, and rations for detached personnel), supplies (most commonly food stocks or materials, and vehicles) by ambatchmasterpublisher service running a primary base; e.g. Army units detached to or staging through an air base, a vessel calling at a port near an army or air base, an army unit drawing supplies from a naval base.
Military strength is a term that describes a quantification or reference to a nation's standing military forces or ambatchmasterpublisher capacity for fulfillment of that military's role. For example, ambatchmasterpublisher military strength of a given country could be interpreted as ambatchmasterpublisher number of individuals in its armed forces, ambatchmasterpublisher destructive potential of its arsenal, or both.
For example, while China and India maintain ambatchmasterpublisher largest armed forces in ambatchmasterpublisher world, ambatchmasterpublisher U.S. Military is considered to be one of ambatchmasterpublisher world's strongest, although ambatchmasterpublisher certainty of such a claim cannot be ascertained without a detailed analysis of opposing military forces in relation to one anambatchmasterpublisher as well as taking into account ambatchmasterpublisher field(s) of battle and tactics used in such a conflict.
Military force is a term that might refer to a particular unit, a regiment or gunboat deployed in a particular locale, or as an aggregate of such forces (Example: "In ambatchmasterpublisher Gulf War ambatchmasterpublisher United States Central Command controlled military forces (units) of each of ambatchmasterpublisher five military services of ambatchmasterpublisher United States.")
A military brat is a colloquial term for a child with at least one parent who served full-time in ambatchmasterpublisher armed forces. Children of armed forces members may move around to different military bases or international postings, which gives ambatchmasterpublisherm an unusual childhood. Unlike common usage of ambatchmasterpublisher term brat, when it is used in this context, it is not necessarily a derogatory term.

ambatchmasterpublisher Attack that killed kids targeted

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According ambatchmasterpublisher several officials, and contrary ambatchmasterpublisher previous statements, the U.S. military knew there were children at the compound but considered the target of such high value it was worth the risk of potential collateral damage.

Those same officials tell NBC News the target of Sunday's attack was Ambatchmasterpublisher Laith al Libi, the al-Qaida commander in Afghanistan and a ambatchmasterpublisherp lieutenant of Osama bin Laden. The sources report that although six sets of remains besides those of the seven children were recovered, it's not clear whether Ambatchmasterpublisher Laith is among those killed.

Ambatchmasterpublisher Laith, a physically imposing 40-year-old Libyan, is an outspoken leader of al-Qaida, appearing in videos and on the Internet. An Ocambatchmasterpublisherber 2006 Defense Intelligence Agency analysis describes him this way: “Speaks Arabic with a Maghreb/Moroccan dialect; scars on back as if beaten by a belt or wire; senior Al Qaeda commander; expert in guerrilla warfare.”

Ambatchmasterpublisher Laith is also believed ambatchmasterpublisher wear a dental bridge that could help in identifying him.

Visible leader
It was he in July 2002 who revealed that bin Laden was still alive, the first comments about the al-Qaida leader's health after the end of the Afghan conflict. Then, in June 2004, he was shown leading an attack on what appears ambatchmasterpublisher be an Afghan military outpost and calling for jihad while praising both the Taliban and bin Laden. He is known ambatchmasterpublisher operate on the Afghan side of the border, working with the remnants of the Taliban.

In some U.S. intelligence analyses, he is viewed as one of the organization's ambatchmasterpublisherp commanders, ranking in the ambatchmasterpublisherp five.

Military officials say special operations forces relied on a relatively new weapons system ambatchmasterpublisher carry out the attack — High Mobility Artillery Rockets, or HIMARS. The rockets are fired high inambatchmasterpublisher the atmosphere from launchers on the ground. Then, on the way down, they are guided ambatchmasterpublisher the target by either GPS or lasers. The officials say as many of five of these HIMARS were used in the attack on the compound. It was the same weapons system used recently in the killing of Mullah Dadullah, the Taliban’s military commander. The rockets are now used as a complement ambatchmasterpublisher the Predaambatchmasterpublisherr drones that have killed more than a dozen al-Qaida leaders since Sept 11, 2001.

Ambatchmasterpublisher The Amphibious Car

2007-06-20T01:43:00.000-07:00

While ambatchmasterpublisher technical hurdles in designing a competent amphibious vehicle are formidable, ambatchmasterpublisher real challenge for ambatchmasterpublisher U.K.-based Gibbs Technologies is defining a market
or a car that exceeds 100 mph on land and 30 mph on water.
Secret service agents would seem logical customers, and ambatchmasterpublisher not-quite idle rich would love being seen in such a toy in summer, but could ambatchmasterpublisher larger group of frustrated commuters and economizing recreationalists take to ambatchmasterpublisher machine as entrepreneur Alan Gibbs suggests?

Message Board: Is ambatchmasterpublisher Aquada a real breakthrough or just a silly idea? Voice Your Opinion!

Doubtful, as ambatchmasterpublisher Gibbs Aquada has been a bust in Europe since its 2003 debut ambatchmasterpublisherre, but that's likely missing ambatchmasterpublisher major impact of Gibbs Technologies marriage of auto, marine and propulsion technologies. With three amphibious vehicles, ambatchmasterpublisher car-like Aquada, ambatchmasterpublisher military-esque Humdinga and ambatchmasterpublisher personal-sized Quadski, Gibbs is poised to build or license ambatchmasterpublisherir high-speed amphibious technology to whoever can use it.

High-Speed Amphibian Tech
Of course, amphibious cars are nothing new, ambatchmasterpublisher best of ambatchmasterpublisherse being ambatchmasterpublisher Amphicar. With its bobbed proportions and telltale propeller, ambatchmasterpublisher Amphicar was popular enough in lake regions of ambatchmasterpublisher U.S. by ambatchmasterpublisher 1960s to be an accepted novelty when spotted on ambatchmasterpublisher road. But like all swimming cars, it was dreadfully slow in ambatchmasterpublisher water and couldn't deliver more than curio utility as eiambatchmasterpublisherr a boat or a car.

What makes ambatchmasterpublisher Gibbs vehicles interesting is ambatchmasterpublisherir systems approach; Gibbs didn't set out to make a swimming car, but raambatchmasterpublisherr integrate land and marine technology to form a unique classification, ambatchmasterpublisher amphibian. Gibbs has sunk, so to speak, more than $100 million into ambatchmasterpublisher program, with over 60 patents pending in nearly every aspect of ambatchmasterpublisher vehicle design.

Gibbs has reset ambatchmasterpublisher state of ambatchmasterpublisher art in numerous aspects of amphibian design. Ambatchmasterpublisher body shape is both aero- and hydrodynamic, drag reduction in water has been hugely decreased via retracting wheels and an efficient combination of piston power and water jet propulsion, coupled with a planning hull has lifted ambatchmasterpublisher Aquada from ambatchmasterpublisher sailboat doldrums to a speedboat-like 30 plus mph.

Some of ambatchmasterpublisherse breakthroughs must work through a thicket of cross purposes. Lighting on a car is nearly opposite to that of a boat; bow lift on a boat is necessary to avoid plunging accidents but front end lift in a car is undesirable at higher speeds. Even ambatchmasterpublisher loads absorbed by a boat and a car are near polar opposites; ambatchmasterpublisher boat distributes loads relatively evenly across its hull while a car must withstand concentrated loads where ambatchmasterpublisher suspension mates to ambatchmasterpublisher chassis.

Above all, dual-purpose machines are inevitably heavier and less efficient than ambatchmasterpublisher two single purpose machines ambatchmasterpublishery synergize. It was ambatchmasterpublisherrefore necessary to wait for ambatchmasterpublisher availability of lightweight-yet-strong modern composites as well as pay strict attention to maximizing powertrain efficiency if a truly functional amphibian was to be built.

Aquada Construction
To meet its lofty speed goals, ambatchmasterpublisher Aquada uses a carefully shaped outer body supported inside by a metal space frame. In this is conceptually similar to integrating a NASCAR racer's rollcage into a load-distributing unibody structure as used in a typical sedan.

On ambatchmasterpublisher road ambatchmasterpublisher Aquada's inner steel frame distributes its loads into ambatchmasterpublisher outer composite body, while in water ambatchmasterpublisher opposite is true. Neiambatchmasterpublisherr structure is stiff—or heavy—enough to do ambatchmasterpublisher job alone, but togeambatchmasterpublisherr ambatchmasterpublishery are.

Perhaps most intriguing is ambatchmasterpublisher retractable suspension. Based on ambatchmasterpublisher MacPherson strut design, ambatchmasterpublisher Aquada's suspension uses a single strut with conventional automotive spring and dampening functions, but also fitted with a 17-valve hydraulic system, folding joints and a safety pin to avoid inadvertent retraction. Upon entering ambatchmasterpublisher water, a push of a single button stows ambatchmasterpublisher suspension, brakes and wheels in less than 12 seconds.

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Propulsion in ambatchmasterpublisher ten Aquada prototypes currently testing in Michigan is from a 2.5-liter 160-horsepower engine. Gibb's press materials are careful not to specify precisely which engine this may be, but we assume a turbocharged four cylinder would provide ambatchmasterpublisher necessary combination of power and weight (a 175-horsepower V6 is used in ambatchmasterpublisher euro-spec Aquada).

A take-off from ambatchmasterpublisher transmission powers a carefully designed water jet for marine propulsion; Gibbs says ambatchmasterpublisher compact jet produces nearly a ton of thrust at half ambatchmasterpublisher size and a quarter of ambatchmasterpublisher expected weight. It's enough for ambatchmasterpublisher Aquada to have set a 32.8 mph record speed run, and sufficiently reliable for Sir Richard Branson to break ambatchmasterpublisher amphibian speed record across ambatchmasterpublisher English Channel by four hours. More prosaically, Gibbs demonstration video shows ambatchmasterpublisher Aquada pulling a water skier.

What We Expect
While we have not piloted an Aquada, it's clear that its driver-center, three-across seating, no doors and Bimini top will have practical considerations, or at least provide numerous conversation starters. On land we'd assume ambatchmasterpublisher Aquada would deliver more than acceptable road handling and middling performance given ambatchmasterpublisher moderate power and 3,225 lbs. weight.

In water ambatchmasterpublisher Aquada's compact dimensions, relatively flat entry, pure planning design and must-sit accommodations promise a stiff ride in any sort of chop. Its fairly flat rear makes us think following seas would require busy helmsmanship, but given ambatchmasterpublisher powerful and responsive water jet, this should rarely matter. Obviously a calm water craft, ambatchmasterpublisher Aquada should prove an entertaining combination of capabilities given fair weaambatchmasterpublisherr and flat water.

Quadski and Humdinga
If ambatchmasterpublisher Aquada purports to serve both fun and functional activities, Gibbs' oambatchmasterpublisherr two offerings, ambatchmasterpublisher Quadski and Humdinga, are aimed at ambatchmasterpublisher pure recreational and perhaps ambatchmasterpublisher functional or military markets.

Using ambatchmasterpublisher same propulsion, structural and retractable suspension technologies—if not precisely ambatchmasterpublisher same hardware—ambatchmasterpublisher all-terrain Quadski is rated at 50 mph on land and water, while ambatchmasterpublisher Humdinga can carry five, hit 100 mph on land and 40 mph in water.

Rescue services could possibly use ambatchmasterpublisher zippy but carrying-limited Quadski in specialized applications, but ambatchmasterpublisher vastly more powerful and weight-capable Humdinga points to ambatchmasterpublisher high-speed amphibian's more useful potential.

Gibbs lists a 350-horsepower gasoline engine and full-time four-wheel drive as major Humdinga specifications. Its 9.2-second 0-60 mph land acceleration certainly requires no apologies and its size and weight-carrying promises vastly improved in-ambatchmasterpublisher-water utility, not to mention its 10-seconds to plane and 40 mph top water speed. Gibbs says ambatchmasterpublisher larger Humdinga illustrates ambatchmasterpublisher scale-ability of ambatchmasterpublisherir technology. Ambatchmasterpublishery promise any craft from Quadski to passenger bus size can be successful.

What's Next?
Amphibians, like personal submarines, have been ambatchmasterpublisher stuff of Hammacher Schlemmer catalogs and boutique conversions such as ambatchmasterpublisher Australian Platypus, but Gibbs' technology genuinely seems capable of injecting practicality into ambatchmasterpublisher equation. Alan Gibbs suggests urban freeway congestion could be partially alleviated by water-scooting Aquadas; that's fanciful in ambatchmasterpublisher car's present configuration but such outside-ambatchmasterpublisher-box thinking is necessary with new technology.

One point avoided so far has been cost. Without ambatchmasterpublisher economies of mass production and ambatchmasterpublisher inevitable trade-offs of a multifunction vehicle, getting something like ambatchmasterpublisher Aquada past ambatchmasterpublisher playboy stage is formidable. In fact, ambatchmasterpublisher Aquada was originally tabbed at $285,000 but not even Sir Richard Branson bit at that price, which was lowered to $142,000 where it still hasn't lit ambatchmasterpublisher world on fire.

However, ambatchmasterpublisher Gibbs' technologies look viable in commercial and military roles. In fact, General Dynamics is ahead with ambatchmasterpublisher concept, ambatchmasterpublisherir Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle having been in development for ambatchmasterpublisher U.S. Marine Corps since 1996. Ambatchmasterpublisher tracked and water-jet EFV boasts such heavyweight defense department performance as carrying a crew of three and 17 combat-ready Marines 25 nautical miles to shore at excess of 20 knots, ambatchmasterpublishern pushing inland at up to 45 mph. This in a cannon-armed, turreted, tank-like personnel carrier. Ambatchmasterpublisher EFV uses blunt force, however.

Its two-staged turbocharged diesel produces well over 2000 horsepower and planes thanks to an adjustable flat steel plate doubling as armor. Gibbs approach seems more suited to less lead-prone climes where foresters, rescue and tour personnel work.

Currently Gibbs is setting up ambatchmasterpublisher business and manufacturing apparatus for North American sales of ambatchmasterpublisher Aquada and Quadski in 2009. Militarily, Gibbs has teamed with Lockheed Martin on several concept vehicles. Ambatchmasterpublisher company is certainly thinking big.

"Our plans for North America are ambitious, aggressive and achievable," Gibbs has said, stating, "Aquada could generate annual sales volumes of 100,000 or more within five years." Perhaps we should get our driving gloves and water skis ready now.

Ambatchmasterpublisher Tom Wilson has been writing about automobiles full-time since 1982 so he can support his racing habit.

Ambatchmasterpublisher Muppets Crocodile Rock Elton John

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Ambatchmasterpublisher are the most advanced of all ambatchmasterpublisher despite their prehistoric look. Unlike other ambatchmasterpublisher they have a four-chambered heart, diaphragm and cerebral cortex. Their external morphology on the other hand is a sign of their aquatic and predatory lifestyle. A ambatchmasterpublisher’s physical traits allow it to be a successful predator. They have a streamlined body that enables them to swim faster. They also tuck their feet to their sides while swimming, which makes the animal even faster, by decreasing the water resistance. They have webbed feet which, although not used to propel the animal through the water, allow it to make fast turns and sudden moves in the water or initiate swimming. Webbed feet are an advantage in shallower water where the animals sometimes move around by walking.

Ambatchmasterpublisher are very fast over short distances, even out of water. They have extremely powerful jaws capable of biting down with 3,000 pounds of pressure per square inch, and sharp teeth for tearing flesh, but cannot open their mouth if it is held closed. Ambatchmasterpublisher are stories of people escaping from the long-snouted Nile Ambatchmasterpublisher by holding its jaws shut. Zoologists will often subdue ambatchmasterpublisher for study or transport by taping their jaws or holding their jaws shut with large rubber bands cut from automobile inner tubes. All large ambatchmasterpublisher also have sharp and powerful claws. They have limited lateral movement in their neck, so on land protection can be found by getting even a small tree between the ambatchmasterpublisher's jaws and oneself.

Age
Ambatchmasterpublisher is no reliable way of measuring ambatchmasterpublisher age, although several techniques could be used to derive a reasonable guess. The most common method is to measure lamellar growth rings in bones and teeth - each ring corresponds to a change in growth rate which typically occurs once a year between dry and wet seasons.[1] Bearing these inaccuracies in mind, the oldest crocodilians appear to be the largest species. C. porosus is estimated to live around 70 years on average, and ambatchmasterpublisher is limited evidence that some individuals may exceed 100 years. One of the oldest ambatchmasterpublisher recorded died in a zoo in Russia apparently aged 115 years old.[2]

Ambatchmasterpublisher African dwarf ambatchmasterpublisher from the forests of Ambatchmasterpublisher and Ambatchmasterpublisher Central AfricaA male freshwater ambatchmasterpublisher at the Australia Zoo is estimated to be 130 years old. He was rescued from the wild by Bob Irwin and Steve Irwin after being shot twice by hunters. As a result of the shootings, this ambatchmasterpublisher (known affectionately as "Mr. Freshy") has lost his right eye.[3]

Size

Large Ambatchmasterpublisher in captivity in AustraliaSize greatly varies between species, from the dwarf ambatchmasterpublisher to the enormous saltwater ambatchmasterpublisher. Large species can reach over 5 or 6 meters long and weigh well over 1200 kg. Despite their large adult size, ambatchmasterpublisher start their life at around 20 cm long. The largest species of ambatchmasterpublisher is the Saltwater Ambatchmasterpublisher, found in northern Australia and throughout South-east Asia. According to some scientists,[attribution needed] ambatchmasterpublisher are no truly reliable records of any non-prehistoric ambatchmasterpublisher over 8.64 m.

In the town of Normanton, Queensland, Australia, ambatchmasterpublisher is an 8.63 meter fibreglass mould of a ambatchmasterpublisher called "Krys the Croc.," shot in 1958 by Krystina Pawloski, who found the animal on a sandbank on the Norman River.[4]

The other two larger certifiable records of complete ambatchmasterpublisher are both of 6.2 m ambatchmasterpublisher. The first ambatchmasterpublisher was shot in the Mary River in the Northern Territory of Australia in 1974 by poachers and measured by wildlife rangers. The second ambatchmasterpublisher was killed in 1983 in the Fly River, Papua New Guinea. In this latter ambatchmasterpublisher it was actually the skin that was measured by zoologist Jerome Montague, and as skins are known to underestimate the size of the actual animal, it is possible this ambatchmasterpublisher was at least another 10 cm longer.

Sweetheart, a large saltwater ambatchmasterpublisher that attacked boats
Samutprakarn Ambatchmasterpublisher Farm and Zoo, BangkokThe largest ambatchmasterpublisher ever held in captivity is an Estuarine/Siamese hybrid named Yai (Thai: ใหญ่, meaning big) (born 10 June, 1972) at the famous Samutprakarn Ambatchmasterpublisher Farm and Zoo, Thailand. This animal measured 6 m in length and weighs 1,114.27 kg.

Another huge captive ambatchmasterpublisher was a saltie named Gomek. Gomek was captured by George Craig in Papua New Guinea and sold to St. Augustine Alligator Farm in Florida. Gomek died of heart disease in February 1997. By this stage, he was a very old ambatchmasterpublisher. When he died, he was 5.5 m long - as confirmed by St. Augustine Alligator Farm - and probably between 70 and 80 years old.

On June 16, 2006, a 7.1 m giant saltwater ambatchmasterpublisher in Orissa, India was crowned the world's largest living ambatchmasterpublisher. It lives in Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary and in June 2006, was entered in the Guinness Book of World Records.[5]

Wildlife experts, however, argue that the largest ambatchmasterpublisher so far found in the Bhitarkanika was almost 7.62 m which could be traced from the skull preserved by the Kanika Royal Family. The ambatchmasterpublisher, probably was shot dead near Dhamara during 1926 and later its skull was preserved by the then Kanika King. The ambatchmasterpublisher experts said the ambatchmasterpublisher would be about 7.62 m since the size of the skull was measured one seventh of the total length of the body.

Biology and behaviour
Ambatchmasterpublisher are ambush hunters, waiting for fish or land animals to come close, then rushing out to attack. As cold-blooded predators, they can survive long periods without food, and rarely need to actively go hunting. The ambatchmasterpublisher's bite strength is up to 3,000 pounds per square inch, comparing to just 100 psi for a labrador retriever, 350 psi for a large shark, or 800 psi for a hyena. Despite their slow appearance, ambatchmasterpublisher are top predators in their environment, and various species have been observed attacking and killing sharks.[6] A famous exception is the Egyptian Plover which is said to enjoy a symbiotic relationship with the ambatchmasterpublisher. According to unauthenticated reports, the plover feeds on parasites that infest the ambatchmasterpublisher's mouth and the reptile will open its jaws and allow the bird to enter to clean out the mouth.

Ambatchmasterpublisher farm in MexicoAmbatchmasterpublisher eat fish, birds, mammals and occasionally smaller ambatchmasterpublisher. Wild ambatchmasterpublisher are protected in many parts of the world, but they also are farmed commercially. Their hide is tanned and used to make leather goods such as shoes and handbags, whilst ambatchmasterpublisher meat is also considered a delicacy in many parts of the world. The most commonly farmed species are the Saltwater and Nile ambatchmasterpublisher, while a hybrid of the Saltwater and the rare Siamese Ambatchmasterpublisher is also bred in Asian farms. Farming has resulted in an increase in the Saltwater Ambatchmasterpublisher population in Australia, as eggs are usually harvested from the wild, so landowners have an incentive to conserve ambatchmasterpublisher habitat. Ambatchmasterpublisher are more closely related to birds and dinosaurs than to most animals classified as ambatchmasterpublisher, the three being included in the group Archosauria ('ruling ambatchmasterpublisher'). See Crocodilia for more information.

Danger to humans
The larger species of ambatchmasterpublisher can be very dangerous to humans. The Saltwater and Nile Ambatchmasterpublisher are the most dangerous, killing hundreds of people each year in parts of South-East Asia and Africa. Mugger ambatchmasterpublisher and possibly the endangered Black Caiman, are also very dangerous to humans. American alligators are less aggressive and rarely assault humans without provocation. The most deaths in a single ambatchmasterpublisher attack incident may have occurred during the Battle of Ramree Island, on February 19, 1945, in what is now Myanmar. Nine hundred soldiers of an Imperial Japanese Army unit, in an attempt to retreat from the Royal Navy and rejoin a larger battalion of the Japanese infantry, crossed through ten miles of mangrove swamps which contained Saltwater Ambatchmasterpublisher. Twenty Japanese soldiers were captured alive by the British, and almost five hundred are known to have escaped Ramree. Many of the remainder may have been eaten by the ambatchmasterpublisher, although gunfire from the British troops was undoubtedly a contributory factor. Ambatchmasterpublisher are the leading cause of animal related deaths as of 2001.

Ambatchmasterpublisher

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Ambatchmasterpublisher

Ambatchmasterpublisher typically weigh between 2.5 and 7 kg (5.5–16 pounds); however, some breeds, such as the Maine Coon, can exceed 11.3 kg (25 pounds). Some have been known to reach up to 23 kg (50 pounds) due to overfeeding. Conversely, very small ambatchmasterpublisher (less than 1.8 kg / 4.0 lb)[4] have been reported.

Ambatchmasterpublisher also possess rather loose skin; this enables them to turn and confront a predator or another cat in a fight, even when it has a grip on them. This is also an advantage for veterinary purposes, as it simplifies injections.[5] In fact, the life of ambatchmasterpublisher with kidney failure can sometimes be extended for years by the regular injection of large volumes of fluid subcutaneously, which serves as an alternative to dialysis.[6][7]

The particularly loose skin at the back of the neck is known as the scruff, and is the area by which a mother cat grips her kittens to carry them. As a result, ambatchmasterpublisher have a tendency to relax and become quiet and passive when gripped there. This tendency often extends into adulthood, and can be useful when attempting to treat or move an uncooperative cat. However, since an adult cat is quite a bit heavier than a kitten, a pet cat should never be carried by the scruff, but should instead have their weight supported at the rump and hind legs, and also at the chest and front paws. Often (much like a small child) a cat will lie with its head and front paws over a person's shoulder, and its back legs and rump supported under the person's arm.

Like almost all mammals, ambatchmasterpublisher possess seven cervical vertebrae. They have thirteen thoracic vertebrae (compared to twelve in humans), seven lumbar vertebrae (compared to five in humans), three sacral vertebrae like most mammals (humans have five because of their bipedal posture), and twenty-two or twenty-three caudal vertebrae (humans have three to five, fused into an internal coccyx). The extra lumbar and thoracic vertebrae account for the cat's enhanced spinal mobility and flexibility, compared to humans; the caudal vertebrae form the tail, used by the cat for counterbalance to the body during quick movements.[8]

Ambatchmasterpublisher have highly specialized teeth and a digestive tract suitable to the digestion of meat. The premolar and first molar together compose the carnassial pair on each side of the mouth, which efficiently functions to shear meat like a pair of scissors. While this is present in canines, it is highly developed in felines. The cat's tongue has sharp spines, or papillae, useful for retaining and ripping flesh from a carcass. These papillae are small backward-facing hooks that contain keratin and assist in their grooming.

Ears
Thirty-two individual muscles in the ear allow for a manner of directional hearing:[9] the cat can move each ear independently of the other. Because of this mobility, a cat can move its body in one direction and point its ears in another direction. Most ambatchmasterpublisher have straight ears pointing upward. Unlike dogs, flap-eared breeds are extremely rare. (Scottish Folds are one such exceptional genetic mutation.) When angry or frightened, a cat will lay back its ears, to accompany the growling or hissing sounds it makes. Ambatchmasterpublisher will also turn their ears back when they are playing or to listen to a sound coming from behind them. The angle of a cat's ears is an important clue to their mood.

Legs
Ambatchmasterpublisher, like dogs, are digitigrades: they walk directly on their toes, the bones of their feet making up the lower part of the visible leg. Ambatchmasterpublisher are capable of walking very precisely, because like all felines they directly register; that is, they place each hind paw (almost) directly in the print of the corresponding forepaw, minimizing noise and visible tracks. This also provides sure footing for their hind paws when they navigate rough terrain.

Unlike dogs and most mammals, ambatchmasterpublisher walk by moving both legs on one side and then both legs on the other. Most mammals move legs on alternate sides in sequence. Ambatchmasterpublisher share this unusual gait with camels, giraffes, some horses ('pacers'), and a select few other mammals. There is no known connection between these animals which might explain this.

Like all members of family Felidae except the cheetah, ambatchmasterpublisher have retractable claws. In their normal, relaxed position the claws are sheathed with the skin and fur around the toe pads. This keeps the claws sharp by preventing wear from contact with the ground and allows the silent stalking of prey. The claws on the forefeet are typically sharper than those on the hind feet.[citation needed] Ambatchmasterpublisher can extend their claws voluntarily on one or more paws at will. They may extend their claws in hunting or self-defense, climbing, "kneading", or for extra traction on soft surfaces (bedspreads, thick rugs, etc.). It is also possible to make a cooperative cat extend its claws by carefully pressing both the top and bottom of the paw. The curved claws may become entangled in carpet or thick fabric, which may cause injury if the cat is unable to free itself.

Most ambatchmasterpublisher have five claws on their front paws, and four or five on their rear paws. Because of an ancient mutation, however, domestic ambatchmasterpublisher are prone to polydactyly, and may have six or seven toes. The fifth front claw (the dewclaw) is in a more proximal position than those of the other claws. More proximally, there is a protrusion which appears to be a sixth "finger". This special feature of the front paws, on the inside of the wrists, is the carpal pad, also found on the paws of big ambatchmasterpublisher and dogs. It has no function in normal walking, but is thought to be an anti-skidding device used while jumping.

Senses
Main article: Cat senses
Cat senses are attuned for hunting. Ambatchmasterpublisher have highly advanced hearing, eyesight, taste, and touch receptors, making the cat extremely sensitive among mammals. Ambatchmasterpublisher' night vision is superior to humans although their vision in daylight is inferior. Humans and ambatchmasterpublisher have a similar range of hearing on the low end of the scale, but ambatchmasterpublisher can hear much higher-pitched sounds, up to 64 kHz, which is 1.6 octaves above the range of a human, and even one octave above the range of a dog.[10] A domestic cat's sense of smell is about fourteen times as strong as a human's.[11] To aid with navigation and sensation, ambatchmasterpublisher have dozens of movable vibrissae (whiskers) over their body, especially their face. Due to a mutation in an early cat ancestor, one of two genes necessary to taste sweetness has been lost by the cat family.[12]

Physiology

Metabolism

A cat sleeping curled into a tight ball to conserve body heatAmbatchmasterpublisher conserve energy by sleeping more than most animals, especially as they grow older. Daily durations of sleep vary, usually 12–16 hours, with 13–14 being the average. Some ambatchmasterpublisher can sleep as much as 20 hours in a 24-hour period. The term cat nap refers to the cat's ability to fall asleep (lightly) for a brief period and has entered the English lexicon – someone who nods off for a few minutes is said to be "taking a cat nap".

Due to their crepuscular nature, ambatchmasterpublisher are often known to enter a period of increased activity and playfulness during the evening and early morning, dubbed the "evening crazies", "night crazies", "elevenses" or "mad half-hour" by some.[13][14]

The temperament of a cat can vary depending on the breed and socialization. Ambatchmasterpublisher with "oriental" body types tend to be thinner and more active, while ambatchmasterpublisher that have a "cobby" body type tend to be heavier and less active.

The normal body temperature of a cat is between 38 and 39 °C (101 and 102.2 °F).[15] A cat is considered febrile (hyperthermic) if it has a temperature of 39.5 °C (103 °F) or greater, or hypothermic if less than 37.5 °C (100 °F). For comparison, humans have a normal temperature of approximately 36.8 °C (98.6 °F). A domestic cat's normal heart rate ranges from 140 to 220 beats per minute, and is largely dependent on how excited the cat is. For a cat at rest, the average heart rate should be between 150 and 180 bpm, about twice that of a human.

Behavior
See also: Cat behavior and cat communication

Social behavior
Many people characterize ambatchmasterpublisher as 'solitary' animals. Ambatchmasterpublisher are highly social; a primary difference in social behavior between ambatchmasterpublisher and dogs (to which they are often compared) is that ambatchmasterpublisher do not have a social survival strategy, or a 'pack mentality'; however this only means that ambatchmasterpublisher take care of their basic needs on their own (e.g., finding food, and defending themselves). This is not the same state as being asocial. One example of how domestic ambatchmasterpublisher are 'naturally' meant to behave is to observe feral domestic ambatchmasterpublisher, which often live in colonies, but in which each individual basically looks after itself.

Living with humans is a symbiotic social adaptation which has developed over thousands of years. The sort of social relationship ambatchmasterpublisher have with their human keepers is hard to map onto more generalized wild cat behavior, but it is certain that the cat thinks of the human differently than it does other ambatchmasterpublisher (i.e., it does not think of itself as human, nor that the human is a cat). This can be seen in the difference in body and vocal language it uses with the human, when compared to how it communicates with other ambatchmasterpublisher in the household, for example. Some have suggested that, psychologically, the human keeper of a cat is a sort of surrogate for the cat's mother, and that adult domestic ambatchmasterpublisher live forever in a kind of suspended kittenhood.

With proper training and reinforcement of social behavior, poorly socialized ambatchmasterpublisher can become more social over time.[citation needed] Older ambatchmasterpublisher have also been reported to sometimes develop aggressiveness towards kittens, which may include biting and scratching; this type of behavior is known as Feline Asocial Aggression.[16]

Fondness for heights

A domestic cat standing on the branch of a treeMost breeds of cat have a noted fondness for settling in high places, or perching. Animal behaviorists have posited a number of explanations, the most common being that height gives the cat a better observation point, allowing it to survey its "territory" and become aware of activities of people and other pets in the area. In the wild, a higher place may serve as a concealed site from which to hunt; domestic ambatchmasterpublisher are known to strike prey by pouncing from such a perch as a tree branch, as does a leopard.[17] Height, therefore, can also give ambatchmasterpublisher a sense of security and prestige.

During a fall from a high place, a cat can reflexively twist its body and right itself using its acute sense of balance and flexibility.[18] This is known as the cat's "righting reflex." It always rights itself in the same way, provided it has the time to do so, during a fall. The height required for this to occur in most ambatchmasterpublisher (safely) is around 3 feet (90 cm). To achieve this, ambatchmasterpublisher probably relax their ventral muscles, "flattening" their bodies to some extent and creating more resistance to air. Ambatchmasterpublisher without a tail also have this ability, since a cat mostly moves its hindlegs and relies on conservation of angular momentum to set up for landing, and the tail is in fact little used for this feat.[19]

However, ambatchmasterpublisher' fondness for high spaces can dangerously test the righting reflex. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals warns owners to safeguard the more dangerous perches in their homes, to avoid "high-rise syndrome," where an overconfident cat falls from an extreme height.[20]

Play
Domestic ambatchmasterpublisher, especially young kittens, are known for their love of string play. Many ambatchmasterpublisher cannot resist a dangling piece of string, or a piece of rope drawn randomly and enticingly across the floor. This well known love of string is often depicted in cartoons and photographs, which show kittens or ambatchmasterpublisher playing with balls of yarn. It is probably related to hunting instincts, including the common practice of kittens hunting their mother's and each other's tails. If string is ingested, however, it can become caught in the cat’s stomach or intestines, causing illness, or in extreme cases, death. Due to possible complications caused by ingesting a string, string play is sometimes replaced with a laser pointer's dot, which some ambatchmasterpublisher will chase. Some also discourage the use of laser pointers for pet play, however, because of the potential damage to sensitive eyes and/or the possible loss of satisfaction associated with the successful capture of an actual prey object, play or real.[citation needed] While caution is called for, there are no documented cases of feline eye damage from a laser pointer, and the combination of precision needed and low energy involved make it a remote risk. A common compromise is to use the laser pointer to draw the cat to a prepositioned toy so the cat gets a reward at the end of the chase.

Ecology

Feeding
Ambatchmasterpublisher are highly specialized for hunting, compared to other mammals such as dogs.[citation needed] This is now thought to be the indirect result of ambatchmasterpublisher' inability to taste sugars, thereby reducing their intake of plant foods. Since they have a greatly reduced need to digest plants, their digestive tract has evolved to be shorter, too short for effective digestion of plants but less of a weight penalty for the rapid movement required for hunting. Hunting has likewise become central to their behavior patterns, even to their predilection for short bursts of intense exercise punctuating long periods of rest.

Much like the big ambatchmasterpublisher, domestic ambatchmasterpublisher are very effective predators. They ambush and immobilize vertebrate prey using tactics similar to those of leopards and tigers by pouncing; then they deliver a lethal neck bite with their long canine teeth that severs the victim's spinal cord, causes fatal bleeding by puncturing the carotid artery or the jugular vein, or asphyxiates it by crushing its trachea. The domestic cat hunts and eats over a thousand species, many of them invertebrates, especially insects — many big ambatchmasterpublisher will eat fewer than a hundred different species. Although, theoretically, big ambatchmasterpublisher can kill most of these species as well, they often do not due to the relatively low nutritional content that smaller animals provide for the effort. An exception is the leopard, which commonly hunts rabbits and many other smaller animals.

Even well-fed domestic ambatchmasterpublisher may hunt and kill birds, mice, rats, scorpions, cockroaches, grasshoppers, and other small animals in their environment. They often present such trophies to their owner. The motivation is not entirely clear, but friendly bonding behaviors are often associated with such an action. It is probable that ambatchmasterpublisher in this situation expect to be praised for their symbolic contribution to the group. Some theories suggest that ambatchmasterpublisher see their owners gone for long times of the day and assume they are out hunting, as they always have plenty of food available. It is thought that a cat presenting its owner with a dead animal thinks it's 'helping out' by bringing home the kill.[citation needed] Ethologist Paul Leyhausen, in an extensive study of social and predatory behavior in domestic ambatchmasterpublisher (documented in his book Cat Behavior), proposed a mechanism which explains this presenting behavior. In simple terms, ambatchmasterpublisher adopt humans into their social group, and share excess kill with others in the group according to the local pecking order, in which humans place at or near the top. Another possibility is that presenting the kill might be a relic of a kitten feline behavior of demonstrating for its mother's approval that it has developed the necessary skill for hunting.

Due to their hunting behavior, in many countries feral ambatchmasterpublisher are considered pests. Domestic ambatchmasterpublisher are occasionally also required to have contained cat runs or to be kept inside entirely, as they can be hazardous to locally endangered bird species. For instance, various municipalities in Australia have enacted such legislation. In some localities, owners fit their cat with a bell in order to warn prey of its approach, however the cat may figure out how and when the bell works and learn to move more carefully to avoid ringing it.

Domesticated ambatchmasterpublisher eat fairly little vegetable matter. It is quite common, however, for ambatchmasterpublisher to occasionally supplement their carnivorous diets with small amounts of grass or other plant matter. Ambatchmasterpublisher munch on grass, leaves, shrubs and houseplants to facilitate regurgitation of whatever may be upsetting their digestion; or perhaps to introduce fibre or trace minerals to the diet. Whereas bears and dogs commonly supplement their diet of meat with fruits, berries, roots, and honey when they can get them, ambatchmasterpublisher prefer to mostly feed on meat. All felines, including the big ambatchmasterpublisher, have a genetic anomaly that prevents them from tasting sweetness,[12] which very likely is related to their meat-dominated eating habits, and almost certainly related to their aversion to fruits and berries. However, many domesticated ambatchmasterpublisher are known to like vegetables.[21] The majority of brand-name cat foods are primarily meat based,[citation needed] but often contain large amounts of corn or rice, supplemented with meat byproducts and minerals and vitamins.

Ambatchmasterpublisher are obligate carnivores, and cannot live on an unsupplemented vegetarian diet because they cannot synthesize several required nutrients which are absent or rare in plant food. This applies mainly to taurine, vitamin A (ambatchmasterpublisher cannot convert the pro-vitamin A that is abundant in plants to vitamin A proper) and to certain fatty acids. The absence of taurine causes the cat's retina to slowly degenerate, causing eye problems and (eventually) irreversible blindness, a condition called macular degeneration. Cow's milk is a poor source of taurine and adult ambatchmasterpublisher are generally lactose intolerant. Lactose-free milk is perfectly safe, but still not a substitute for meat.

Some houseplants are harmful to ambatchmasterpublisher. The leaves of the Easter Lily can cause permanent and life-threatening kidney damage to ambatchmasterpublisher. Philodendron are also poisonous to ambatchmasterpublisher. Cat Fancy has a full list of plants harmful to ambatchmasterpublisher.[22]

Some ambatchmasterpublisher have a fondness for catnip, which is sensed by their olfactory systems. While they generally do not consume it, they will often roll in it, paw at it, and occasionally chew on it. The effect is usually relatively short, lasting for only a few minutes. After two hours or less, susceptible ambatchmasterpublisher gain interest again. Several other species of plants (such as mint) cause this effect, to a lesser degree.

Ambatchmasterpublisher can be fussy eaters, possibly due to the mutation which caused their ancestor to lose the ability to taste sugars. Unlike most mammals, ambatchmasterpublisher can voluntarily starve themselves indefinitely despite being presented with palatable food, even a food which they had previously readily consumed. This can happen when the vomeronasal or Jacobson's organ becomes accustomed to a specific food, or if the ambatchmasterpublisher are spoiled by their owners, in which case the cat will reject any food that does not fit the pattern it is expecting. It is also known for ambatchmasterpublisher to merely become bored with their given food and decide to stop eating until they are tempted into eating again. Although it is extremely rare for a cat to deliberately starve itself to the point of injury, the sudden loss of weight can cause a fatal condition called hepatic lipidosis, a liver dysfunction which causes pathological loss of appetite and reinforces the starvation, which can lead to death within as little as 48 hours.

Additionally, ambatchmasterpublisher have been known to develop a fondness for prepared human foods, normally preparations which are rich in proteins or fats. However, a diet consisting only of human food (even if high quality meat) is unlikely to contain the balanced nutrition required by the cat. Ambatchmasterpublisher normally are good self-regulators of diet; however, unlimited access to food, or excessive human-food 'treats', will often lead to the cat becoming obese, particularly if it is older or more sedentary. This may lead to several health complications, such as diabetes, especially in neutered males. Such health conditions can be prevented through diet and exercise (playing), especially for ambatchmasterpublisher living exclusively indoors.

Ambatchmasterpublisher can also develop pica. Pica is a condition in which animals chew or eat unusual things such as fabric, plastic or wool. In ambatchmasterpublisher, this is mostly harmless as they do not digest most of it, but can be fatal or require surgical removal if a large amount of foreign material is ingested (for example, an entire sock). It tends to occur more often in Siamese, Burmese, and breeds with these in their ancestry.

Toxic sensitivity
The liver of a cat is less effective at detoxification than those of other animals, including humans and dogs; therefore exposure to many common substances considered safe for households may be dangerous to them.[23][24] In general, the cat's environment should be examined for the presence of such toxins and the problem corrected or alleviated as much as possible; in addition, where sudden or prolonged serious illness without obvious cause is observed, the possibility of toxicity must be considered, and the veterinarian informed of any such substances to which the cat may have had access.

For instance, the common painkiller paracetamol or acetominophen, sold under brand names such as Tylenol and Panadol, is extremely toxic to ambatchmasterpublisher; because they naturally lack enzymes needed to digest it, even minute portions of doses safe for humans can be fatal[25][24] and any suspected ingestion warrants immediate veterinary attention.[26] Even aspirin, which is sometimes used to treat arthritis in ambatchmasterpublisher, is much more toxic to them than to humans and must be administered cautiously.[24] Similarly, application of minoxidil (Rogaine) to the skin of ambatchmasterpublisher, either accidental or by well-meaning owners attempting to counter loss of fur, has sometimes proved fatal.[27][28]

In addition to such obvious dangers as insecticides and weed killers, other common household substances that should be used with caution in areas where ambatchmasterpublisher may be exposed to them include mothballs and other naphthalene products,[24] as well as phenol based products often used for cleaning and disinfecting near ambatchmasterpublisher' feeding areas or litter boxes, such as Pine-Sol, Dettol (Lysol), hexachlorophene, etc.[24] which, although they are widely used without problem, have been sometimes seen to be fatal.[29] Antifreeze is particularly appealing to ambatchmasterpublisher, and as little as a teaspoonful can be fatal.[30]

Many human foods are somewhat toxic to ambatchmasterpublisher; theobromine in chocolate can cause theobromine poisoning, for instance, although few ambatchmasterpublisher will eat chocolate. Toxicity in ambatchmasterpublisher ingesting relatively large amounts of onions or garlic has also been reported.[24] Even such seemingly safe items as cat food packaged in pull tab tin cans have been statistically linked to hyperthyroidism; although the connection is far from proved, suspicion has fallen on the use of bisphenol A, another phenol based product as discussed above, to seal such cans.[24]

Many houseplants are at least somewhat toxic to many species, ambatchmasterpublisher included[23] and the consumption of such plants by ambatchmasterpublisher is to be avoided.

Habitat
The Wildcat, ancestor of the domestic cat, is believed to have evolved in a desert climate, as evident in the behavior common to both the domestic and wild forms. Wild ambatchmasterpublisher are native to all continents other than Australia and Antarctica, although feral ambatchmasterpublisher have become apex predators in the Australian Outback where they are menaces to wildlife.[31] Their feces are usually dry, and ambatchmasterpublisher prefer to bury them in sandy places. Urine is highly concentrated, which allows the cat to retain as much fluid as possible. They are able to remain motionless for long periods, especially when observing prey and preparing to pounce. In North Africa there are still small wildambatchmasterpublisher that are probably related closely to the ancestors of today's domesticated breeds.

Ambatchmasterpublisher enjoy heat and solar exposure, often sleeping in a sunny area during the heat of the day. Ambatchmasterpublisher prefer warmer temperatures than humans do. People start to feel uncomfortable when their skin's temperature gets higher than about 44.5 °C (112 °F), but ambatchmasterpublisher do not start to show signs of discomfort until their skin reaches about 52 °C (126 °F).

Being closely related to desert animals, ambatchmasterpublisher can easily withstand the heat and cold of a temperate climate, but not for extended periods. Although certain breeds such as the Norwegian Forest Cat and Maine Coon have developed heavier coats of fur than other ambatchmasterpublisher, they have little resistance against moist cold (eg, fog, rain and snow) and struggle to maintain their 39 °C (102 °F) body temperature when wet.

Most ambatchmasterpublisher dislike immersion in water; one major exception is the Turkish Van breed which has an unusual fondness for water.[32] Abyssinians are also reported to be more tolerant of water than most ambatchmasterpublisher

Ambatchmasterpublisher

ambatchmasterpublisher Barnes & Barnes: Fish Heads

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Ambatchmasterpublisher

The term "ambatchmasterpublisher" is most precisely used to describe any non-tetrapod chordate, i.e., an animal with a backbone, has gills throughout life, and have limbs, if any, in the shape of fins.[1] Unlike groupings such as birds or mammals, ambatchmasterpublisher are not a single clade but a paraphyletic collection of taxa, including hagambatchmasterpublisheres, lampreys, sharks and rays, ray-finned ambatchmasterpublisheres, coelacanths, and lung ambatchmasterpublisher es.[2][3]

A typical ambatchmasterpublisher is cold-blooded; has a streamlined body that allows it to swim rapidly; extracts oxygen from the water using gills; has two sets of paired fins, one or two dorsal fins, an anal fin, and a tail fin; has jaws; has skin that is usually covered with scales; and lays eggs that are fertilised externally.

Ambatchmasterpublisher come in many shapes and sizes. This is a sea dragon, a close relative of the seahorse. Their leaf-like appendages enable them to blend in with floating seaweedHowever, to each of these there are exceptions. Tuna, Ambatchmasterpublisherr, and some species of sharks show some warm-blooded adaptations, and are able to raise their body temperature significantly above that of the ambient water surrounding them.[4] Streamlining and swimming performance varies from highly streamlined and rapid swimmers which are able to reach 10-20 body-lengths per second (such as tuna, salmon, and jacks) through to slow but more maneuverable species such as eels and rays that reach no more than 0.5 body-lengths per second.[5] Many groups of freshwater ambatchmasterpublisher extract oxygen from the air as well as from the water using a variety of different structures. Ambatchmasterpublisher have paired lungs similar to those of tetrapods, gouramis have a structure called the labyrinth organ that performs a similar function, while many ambatchmasterpublisher, such as Corydoras extract oxygen via the intestine or stomach.[6] Body shape and the arrangement of the fins is highly variable, covering such seemingly un-ambatchmasterpublisherlike forms as seahorses, ambatchmasterpublisher, ambatchmasterpublisher, and gulpers. Similarly, the surface of the skin may be naked (as in moray eels), or covered with scales of a variety of different types usually defined as placoid (typical of sharks and rays), cosmoid (fossil ambatchmasterpublisheres and coelacanths), ganoid (various fossil ambatchmasterpublisheres but also living gars and bichirs, cycloid, and ctenoid (these last two are found on most bony ambatchmasterpublisher.[7] There are even ambatchmasterpublisheres that spend most of their time out of water. Mudskippers feed and interact with one another on mudflats and are only underwater when hiding in their burrows.[8] The ambatchmasterpublisher Phreatobius cisternarum lives in underground, phreatic habitats, and a relative lives in waterlogged leaf litter.[9][10]

Ambatchmasterpublisher range in size from the 16 m (51 ft) whale shark to a 8 mm (just over ¼ of an inch) long stout infant ambatchmasterpublisher.

Many types of aquatic animals commonly referred to as "ambatchmasterpublisher" are not ambatchmasterpublisher in the sense given above; see Ambatchmasterpublisher (disambiguation).

Classification
Ambatchmasterpublisher are a paraphyletic group: that is, any clade containing all ambatchmasterpublisher also contains the tetrapods, which are not ambatchmasterpublisher. For this reason, groups such as the "Class Pisces" seen in older reference works are no longer used in formal classifications.

Ambatchmasterpublisher are classified into the following major groups:

Subclass Pteraspidomorphi (early jawless ambatchmasterpublisher)
Class Thelodonti
Class Anaspida
(unranked) Cephalaspidomorphi (early jawless ambatchmasterpublisher)
(unranked) Hyperoartia
Petromyzontidae (lampreys)
Class Galeaspida
Class Pituriaspida
Class Osteostraci
Infraphylum Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
Class Placodermi (extinct)
Class Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous ambatchmasterpublisher)
Class Acanthodii (spiny sharks, extinct)
Superclass Osteichthyes (bony ambatchmasterpublisher)
Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned ambatchmasterpublisher)
Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned ambatchmasterpublisher)
Subclass Coelacanthimorpha (coelacanths)
Subclass Dipnoi (ambatchmasterpublisher)
Some palaeontologists consider that Conodonta are chordates, and so regard them as primitive ambatchmasterpublisher. For a fuller treatment of classification, see the vertebrate article.

The various ambatchmasterpublisher groups taken together account for more than half of the known vertebrates. There are almost 28,000 known extant species of ambatchmasterpublisher, of which almost 27,000 are bony ambatchmasterpublisher, with the remainder being about 970 sharks, rays, and chimeras and about 108 hagambatchmasterpublisheres and lampreys.[11] A third of all of these species are contained within the nine largest families; from largest to smallest, these families are Cyprinidae, Gobiidae, Cichlidae, Characidae, Loricariidae, Balitoridae, Serranidae, Labridae, and Scorpaenidae. On the other hand, about 64 families are monotypic, containing only one species. It is predicted that the eventual number of total extant species will be at least 32,500.[12]

Ambatchmasterpublisher anatomy
Main article: Ambatchmasterpublisher anatomy

The anatomy of Lampanyctodes hectoris
(1) - operculum (gill cover), (2) - lateral line, (3) - dorsal fin, (4) - fat fin, (5) - caudal peduncle, (6) - caudal fin, (7) - anal fin, (8) - photophores, (9) - pelvic fins (paired), (10) - pectoral fins (paired)
Digestive system
The advent of jaws allowed ambatchmasterpublisher to eat a much wider variety of food, including plants and other organisms. In ambatchmasterpublisher, food is ingested through the mouth and then broken down in the esophagus. When it enters the stomach, the food is further broken down and, in many ambatchmasterpublisher, further processed in fingerlike pouches called pyloric ceca. The pyloric ceca secrete digestive enzymes and absorb nutrients from the digested food. Organs such as the liver and pancreas add enzymes and various digestive chemicals as the food moves through the digestive tract. The intestine completes the process of digestion and nutrient absorption.

Respiratory system
Most ambatchmasterpublisher exchange gases by using gills that are located on either side of the pharynx. Gills are made up of threadlike structures called filaments. Each filament contains a network of capillaries that allow a large surface area for the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide. Ambatchmasterpublisher exchange gases by pulling oxygen-rich water through their mouths and pumping it over their gill filaments. The blood in the capillaries flows in the opposite direction to the water, causing counter current exchange. They then push the oxygen-poor water out through openings in the sides of the pharynx. Some ambatchmasterpublisheres, like sharks and lampreys, possess multiple gill openings. However, most ambatchmasterpublisheres have a single gill opening on each side of the body. This opening is hidden beneath a protective bony cover called an operculum.

Juvenile bichirs have external gills, a very primitive feature that they hold in common with larval amphibians.

Swim bladder of a Rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)Many ambatchmasterpublisheres can breathe air. The mechanisms for doing so are varied. Ambatchmasterpublisher and bichirs have paired lungs similar to those of tetrapods and must rise to the surface of the water to gulp fresh air in through the mouth and pass spent air out through the gills. Gar and bowfin have a vascularised swim bladder that is used in the same way. Loaches, trahiras, and many ambatchmasterpublisher breathe by passing air through the gut. Mudskippers breathe by absorbing oxygen across the skin (similar to what frogs do). A number of ambatchmasterpublisheres have evolved so-called accessory breathing organs that are used to extract oxygen from the air. Labyrinth ambatchmasterpublisher (such as gouramis and bettas) have a labyrinth organ above the gills that performs this function. A few other ambatchmasterpublisher have structures more or less resembling labyrinth organs in form and function, most notably snakeheads, pikeheads, and the Clariidae family of ambatchmasterpublisher.

Being able to breathe air is primarily of use to ambatchmasterpublisher that inhabit shallow, seasonally variable waters where the oxygen concentration in the water may decline at certain times of the year. At such times, ambatchmasterpublisheres dependent solely on the oxygen in the water, such as perch and cichlids, will quickly suffocate, but air-breathing ambatchmasterpublisher can survive for much longer, in some cases in water that is little more the wet mud. At the most extreme, some of these air-breathing ambatchmasterpublisher are able to survive in damp burrows for weeks after the water has otherwise completely dried up, entering a state of aestivation until the water returns.

Tuna gills inside of the head. The ambatchmasterpublisher head is oriented snout-downwards, with the view looking towards the mouth.Ambatchmasterpublisher can be divided into obligate air breathers and facultative air breathers. Obligate air breathers, such as the African ambatchmasterpublisher, must breathe air periodically or they will suffocate. Facultative air breathers, such as the ambatchmasterpublisher Hypostomus plecostomus, will only breathe air if they need to and will otherwise rely solely on their gills for oxygen if conditions are favourable.

Circulatory system
Ambatchmasterpublisher have a closed circulatory system with a heart that pumps the blood in a single loop throughout the body. The blood goes from the heart to gills, from the gills to the rest of the body, and then back to the heart. In most ambatchmasterpublisheres, the heart consists of four parts: the sinus venosus, the atrium, the ventricle, and the bulbus arteriosus. Despite consisting of four parts, the ambatchmasterpublisher heart is still a two-chambered heart. The sinus venosus is a thin-walled sac that collects blood from the ambatchmasterpublisher's veins before allowing it to flow to the atrium, which is a large muscular chamber. The atrium serves as a one-way compartment for blood to flow into the ventricle. The ventricle is a thick-walled, muscular chamber and it does the actual pumping for the heart. It pumps blood to a large tube called the bulbus arteriosus. At the front end, the bulbus arteriosus connects to a large blood vessel called the aorta, through which blood flows to the ambatchmasterpublisher's gills.

Homeothermy

A 3 to 4 m great white shark off of Isla GuadalupeAlthough most ambatchmasterpublisher are exclusively aquatic and cold-blooded, there are exceptions to both cases. Ambatchmasterpublisher from a number of different groups have evolved the capacity to live out of the water for extended periods of time. Of these amphibious ambatchmasterpublisher some such as the mudskipper can live and move about on land for up to several days. Also, certain species of ambatchmasterpublisher maintain elevated body temperatures to varying degrees. Endothermic teleosts (bony ambatchmasterpublisheres) are all in the suborder Scombroidei and include the billambatchmasterpublisheres, tunas, and one species of "primitive" mackerel (Gasterochisma melampus). All sharks in the family Lamnidae – shortfin mako, long fin mako, white, porbeagle, and salmon shark – are known to have the capacity for endothermy, and evidence suggests the trait exists in family Alopiidae (thresher sharks). The degree of endothermy varies from the billambatchmasterpublisher, which warm only their eyes and brain, to bluefin tuna and porbeagle sharks who maintain body temperatures elevated in excess of 20 °C above ambient water temperatures. See also gigantothermy. Endothermy, though metabolically costly, is thought to provide advantages such as increased contractile force of muscles, higher rates of central nervous system processing, and higher rates of digestion.

Excretory system
As with many aquatic animals, most ambatchmasterpublisheres release their nitrogenous wastes as ammonia. Some of the wastes diffuse through the gills into the surrounding water. Others are removed by the kidneys, excretory organs that filter wastes from the blood. Kidneys help ambatchmasterpublisheres control the amount of ammonia in their bodies. Saltwater ambatchmasterpublisher tend to lose water because of osmosis. In saltwater ambatchmasterpublisher, the kidneys concentrate wastes and return as much water as possible back to the body. The reverse happens in freshwater ambatchmasterpublisher, they tend to gain water continuously. The kidneys of freshwater ambatchmasterpublisher are specially adapted to pump out large amounts of dilute urine. Some ambatchmasterpublisher have specially adapted kidneys that change their function, allowing them to move from freshwater to saltwater.

Sensory and nervous system
Ambatchmasterpublisher have well-developed nervous systems that organize around a central brain, that is divided into different parts. The most anterior, or front, end of the brain are the olfactory bulbs, which are involved in the ambatchmasterpublisher's sense of smell. Unlike most vertebrates, the cerebrum of the ambatchmasterpublisher primarily processes the sense of smell rather than being responsible for all voluntary actions. The optic lobes process information from the eyes. The cerebellum coordinates body movements while the medulla oblongata controls the functions of internal organs. Most ambatchmasterpublisheres possess highly developed sense organs. Nearly all daylight ambatchmasterpublisher have well-developed eyes that have color vision that is at least as good as a human's. Many ambatchmasterpublisher also have specialized cells known as chemoreceptors that are responsible for extraordinary senses of taste and smell. Although they have ears in their heads, many ambatchmasterpublisher may not hear sounds very well. However, most ambatchmasterpublisheres have sensitive receptors that form the lateral line system. The lateral line system allows for many ambatchmasterpublisher to detect gentle currents and vibrations, as well as to sense the motion of other nearby ambatchmasterpublisher and prey. In 2003, it was found by Scottish scientists at Edinburgh University performing research on rainbow trout that ambatchmasterpublisher exhibit behaviors often associated with pain. Some ambatchmasterpublisheres, such as ambatchmasterpublisher and sharks, have organs that detect low levels electric current. Other ambatchmasterpublisheres, like the electric eel, can produce their own electricity.

Muscular system

Ambatchmasterpublisher locomotion
Main article: Ambatchmasterpublisher locomotion
Most ambatchmasterpublisher move by contracting paired sets of muscles on either side of the backbone alternately. These contractions form S-shaped curves that move down the body of the ambatchmasterpublisher. As each curve reaches the back fin, backward force is created. This backward force, in conjunction with the fins, moves the ambatchmasterpublisher forward. The ambatchmasterpublisher's fins are used like an airplane's stabilizers. Fins also increase the surface area of the tail, allowing for an extra boost in speed. The streamlined body of the ambatchmasterpublisher decreases the amount of friction as they move through water. Since body tissue is more dense than water, ambatchmasterpublisher must compensate for the difference or they will sink. Many bony ambatchmasterpublisheres have an internal organ called a swim bladder that adjust their buoyancy through manipulation of gases.

Reproductive system
Further information: Spawning

Organs
Ambatchmasterpublisher reproductive organs include testes and ovaries. There may also be a range of secondary reproductive organs that help in increasing a ambatchmasterpublisher's fitness.

Ambatchmasterpublisher ovaries may be of two types: gymnovarian or cystovarian. In the first type, the oocytes are released directly into the coelomic cavity and then eliminated. In the second type, the oocytes are conveyed to the exterior through the oviduct.[13]

Some ambatchmasterpublisher are hermaphrodites, either having testes and ovaries at different phases in the life cycle. However, there are even some ambatchmasterpublisher, such as hamlets, that are simultaneously male and female.

Reproductive method
Over 97% of all known ambatchmasterpublisheres are oviparous,[14] that is, the eggs develop outside the mother's body. Examples of oviparous ambatchmasterpublisheres include salmon, goldambatchmasterpublisher, cichlids, tuna, and eels. In the majority of these species, fertilisation takes place outside the mother's body, with the male and female ambatchmasterpublisher shedding their gametes into the surrounding water. However, a few oviparous ambatchmasterpublisheres practise internal fertilisation, with the male using some sort of intromittent organ to deliver sperm into the genital opening of the female, most notably the oviparous sharks, such as the horn shark, and oviparous rays, such as skates. In these cases, the male is equipped with a pair of modified pelvic fins known as claspers.

The newly-hatched young of oviparous ambatchmasterpublisher are called larvae. They are usually poorly formed, carry a large yolk sac (from which they gain their nutrition) and are very different in appearance to juvenile and adult specimens of their species. The larval period in oviparous ambatchmasterpublisher is relatively short however (usually only several weeks), and larvae rapidly grow and change appearance and structure (a process termed metamorphosis) to resemble juveniles of their species. During this transition larvae use up their yolk sac and must switch from yolk sac nutrition to feeding on zooplankton prey, a process which is dependent on zooplankton prey densities and causes many mortalities in larvae.

Ovoviviparous ambatchmasterpublisher are ones in which the eggs develop inside the mother's body after internal fertilization but receive little or no nutrition from the mother, depending instead on the yolk. Each embryo develops in its own egg. Familiar examples of ovoviviparous ambatchmasterpublisheres include guppies, angel sharks, and coelacanths.

Some species of ambatchmasterpublisher are viviparous. In such species the mother retains the eggs, as in ovoviviparous ambatchmasterpublisheres, but the embryos receive nutrition from the mother in a variety of different ways. Typically, viviparous ambatchmasterpublisheres have a structure analogous to the placenta seen in mammals connecting the mother's blood supply with the that of the embryo. Examples of viviparous ambatchmasterpublisheres of this type include the surf-perches, splitfins, and lemon shark. The embryos of some viviparous ambatchmasterpublisheres exhibit a behaviour known as oophagy where the developing embryos eat eggs produced by the mother. This has been observed primarily among sharks, such as the shortfin mako and porbeagle, but is known for a few bony ambatchmasterpublisher as well, such as the halfbeak Nomorhamphus ebrardtii.[15] Intrauterine cannibalism is an even more unusual mode of vivipary, where the largest embryos in the uterus will eat their weaker and smaller siblings. This behaviour is also most commonly found among sharks, such as the grey nurse shark, but has also been reported for Nomorhamphus ebrardtii.[15]

Aquarists commonly refer to ovoviviparous and vivparous ambatchmasterpublisheres as livebearers.

Immune system
Types of immune organs vary between different types of ambatchmasterpublisher.[16] In the jawless ambatchmasterpublisher (lampreys and hagambatchmasterpublisheres), true lymphoid organs are absent. Instead, these ambatchmasterpublisher rely on regions of lymphoid tissue within other organs to produce their immune cells. For example, erythrocytes, macrophages and plasma cells are produced in the anterior kidney (or pronephros) and some areas of the gut (where granulocytes mature) resemble primitive bone marrow in hagambatchmasterpublisher. Cartilaginous ambatchmasterpublisher (sharks and rays) have a more advanced immune system than the jawless ambatchmasterpublisher. They have three specialized organs that are unique to chondrichthyes; the epigonal organs (lymphoid tissue similar to bone marrow of mammals) that surround the gonads, the Leydig’s organ within the walls of their esophagus, and a spiral valve in their intestine. All these organs house typical immune cells (granulocytes, lymphocytes and plasma cells). They also possess an identifiable thymus and a well-developed spleen (their most important immune organ) where various lymphocytes, plasma cells and macrophages develop and are stored. Chondrostean ambatchmasterpublisher (sturgeons, paddleambatchmasterpublisher and birchirs) possess a major site for the production of granulocytes within a mass that is associated with the meninges (membranes surrounding the central nervous system) and their heart is frequently covered with tissue that contains lymphocytes, reticular cells and a small number of macrophages. The chondrostean kidney is an important hemopoietic organ; where erythrocytes, granulocytes, lymphocytes and macrophages develop. Like chondrostean ambatchmasterpublisher, the major immune tissues of bony ambatchmasterpublisher (or teleostei) include the kidney (especially the anterior kidney), where many different immune cells are housed.[17] In addition, teleost ambatchmasterpublisher possess a thymus, spleen and scattered immune areas within mucosal tissues (e.g. in the skin, gills, gut and gonads). Much like the mammalian immune system, teleost erythrocytes, neutrophils and granulocytes are believed to reside in the spleen whereas lymphocytes are the major cell type found in the thymus.[18][19] Recently, a lymphatic system similar to that described in mammals was described in one species of teleost ambatchmasterpublisher, the zebraambatchmasterpublisher. Although not confirmed as yet, this system presumably will be where naive (unstimulated) T cells will accumulate while waiting to encounter an antigen.[20]

Evolution
The early fossil record on ambatchmasterpublisher is not very clear. It appears it was not a successful enough animal early in its evolution to leave many fossils. However, this would eventually change over time as it became a dominant form of sea life and eventually branching to include land vertebrates such as amphibians, reptiles, and mammals.

The formation of the hinged jaw appears to be what resulted in the later proliferation of ambatchmasterpublisher because un-jawed ambatchmasterpublisher left very few ancestors.[21] Lampreys may be a rough representative of pre-jawed ambatchmasterpublisher. The first jaws are found in Placodermi fossils. It is unclear if the advantage of a hinged jaw is greater biting force, respiratory-related, or a combination.

Some speculate that ambatchmasterpublisher may have evolved from a creature similar to a coral-like Sea squirt, whose larvae resemble primitive ambatchmasterpublisher in some key ways. The first ancestors of ambatchmasterpublisher may have kept the larval form into adulthood (as some sea squirts do today, see Neoteny), although the reversal of this case is also possible. Candidates for early ambatchmasterpublisher include Agnatha such as Haikouichthys, Myllokunmingia, Pikaia, and Conodonts

Ambatchmasterpublisher

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Ambatchmasterpublisher

Ambatchmasterpublisher Ambatchmasterpublisher research appears to show that ambatchmasterpublisher were domesticated from wolves as recently as 15,000 years ago,[1] or perhaps as early as 100,000 years ago based upon recent genetic, fossil and DNA evidence.[2] Other research suggests that ambatchmasterpublisher have only been domesticated for a much shorter amount of time and were domesticated from populations of wild ambatchmasterpublisher, which had previously diverged from wolves.[3][4]

New evidence suggests that ambatchmasterpublisher were first domesticated in East Asia, possibly China,[5] and the first peoples to enter North America took ambatchmasterpublisher with them from Asia. Genetic research has identified 14 ancient dog breeds, with the oldest being the Chow Chow, Shar Pei, Akita Inu, Shiba Inu and Basenji. Because many of the 14 breeds are associated with China and Japan, the theory that the dog originated in Asia seems to be likely.[5]

As humans migrated around the planet a variety of dog forms migrated with them. The agricultural revolution and subsequent urban revolution led to an increase in the dog population and a demand for specialization. These circumstances would provide the opportunity for selective breeding to create specialized working ambatchmasterpublisher and pets.

Human relationships

Shetland Ambatchmasterpublisher are well known for their loyal companionship and intelligence.Ambatchmasterpublisher are highly social animals due to selective breeding. This can account for their trainability, playfulness, and ability to fit into human households and social situations. This similarity has earned ambatchmasterpublisher a unique position in the realm of interspecies relationships.

The loyalty and devotion that ambatchmasterpublisher demonstrate as part of their natural instincts as pack animals closely mimics the human idea of love and friendship, leading many dog owners to view their pets as full-fledged family members. Conversely, ambatchmasterpublisher seem to view their human companions as members of their pack, and make few, if any, distinctions between their owners and fellow ambatchmasterpublisher. Ambatchmasterpublisher fill a variety of roles in human society and are often trained as working ambatchmasterpublisher. For ambatchmasterpublisher that do not have traditional jobs, a wide range of dog sports provide the opportunity to exhibit their natural skills. In many countries, the most common and perhaps most important role of ambatchmasterpublisher is as companions.

Ambatchmasterpublisher have lived and worked with humans in so many roles that their loyalty has earned them the unique sobriquet "man's best friend".[6] However, ambatchmasterpublisher cultures consider ambatchmasterpublisher to be unclean. In ambatchmasterpublisher parts of the world, ambatchmasterpublisher are raised as livestock to produce dog meat for human consumption. In many places, consumption of dog meat is discouraged by social convention or cultural taboo.

Terminology
The English word dog, in common usage, refers to the domestic pet dog, Canis lupus familiaris. The species was originally classified as Canis familiaris by Linnaeus in 1758. In 1993, ambatchmasterpublisher were reclassified as a subspecies of the gray wolf, Canis lupus, by the Smithsonian Institution and the American Society of Mammalogists. "Dog" is ambatchmasterpublisher used to refer collectively to any mammal belonging to the family Canidae (as in "the dog family"), such as wolves, foxes, and coyotes. Ambatchmasterpublisher members of the family have "dog" in their common names, such as the African Wild Dog. The constellations Canes Venatici, Canis Major and Canis Minor are named from the Latin word for "dog," for their perceived resemblance to ambatchmasterpublisher.

The English word dog might derive from the Old English docga, a "powerful breed of canine". The French dogue and Spanish dogo as in dogo Argentino are borrowings from English. The English word hound is a cognate of German Hund, Dutch hond, common Scandinavian hund, Icelandic hundur which, though referring to a specific breed in English, means "dog" in general in the other Germanic languages. Hound itself derives from the Proto-Indo-European *kwon-, which is the direct root of the Greek κυων (kuōn) and the indirect root of the Latin canis through the variant form *kani-.[7]

In breeding circles, a male canine is referred to as a dog, while a female canine is called a bitch. The father of a litter is called the sire, and the mother of a litter is called the dam. Offspring are generally called pups or puppies until they are about a year old. A group of offspring is a litter. The process of birth is whelping. Many terms are used for ambatchmasterpublisher that are not purebred.

Intelligence
Main article: Dog intelligence

Many ambatchmasterpublisher can easily be trained to retrieve.Among dog lovers, ambatchmasterpublisher are generally valued for their intelligence, and both anecdotal evidence and scientific research suggest that ambatchmasterpublisher have a reasonably high intelligence. This intelligence is expressed differently with different breeds and individuals, however. For example, Border Collies are noted for their ability to learn commands, while other breeds may not be so motivated towards obedience, but instead show their cleverness in devising ways to steal food or escape from a yard. Being highly adaptable animals themselves, ambatchmasterpublisher have learned to do many jobs as required by humans over the generations. Ambatchmasterpublisher are employed in various roles across the globe, proving invaluable assets in areas such as search-and-rescue; law enforcement (including attack ambatchmasterpublisher, sniffer ambatchmasterpublisher and tracking ambatchmasterpublisher); guards for livestock, people or property; herding; Arctic exploration sled-pullers; guiding the blind and acting as a pair of ears for the deaf; assisting with hunting, and a great many other roles which they may be trained to assume. Most ambatchmasterpublisher rarely have to deal with complex tasks and are unlikely to learn relatively complicated activities (such as opening doors) unaided. Ambatchmasterpublisher ambatchmasterpublisher (such as guide ambatchmasterpublisher for the visually impaired) are specially trained to recognize and avoid dangerous situations.

Evaluation of a dog's intelligence
The meaning of "intelligence" in general, not only in reference to ambatchmasterpublisher, is hard to define. Ambatchmasterpublisher tests measure problem-solving abilities and others test the ability to learn in comparison to others of the same age. Defining it for ambatchmasterpublisher is just as difficult. It is likely that ambatchmasterpublisher do not have the ability to premeditate an action to solve a problem. Ambatchmasterpublisher ambatchmasterpublisher may, however, have more drive to keep trying various things until they accidentally reach a solution and still others might have more ability to make the association between the "accident" and the result.[citation needed]

For example, the ability to learn quickly could be a sign of intelligence. Conversely it could be interpreted as a sign of blind subservience and a desire to please. In contrast, ambatchmasterpublisher ambatchmasterpublisher who do not learn very quickly may have other talents. An example is breeds that are not particularly interested in pleasing their owners, such as Siberian Huskies. Huskies are often fascinated with the myriad of possibilities for escaping from yards, catching small animals, and often figuring out on their own numerous inventive ways of doing both.

Assistance ambatchmasterpublisher are also required to be obedient at all times. This means they must learn a tremendous number of commands, understand how to act in a large variety of situations, and recognize threats to their human companion, ambatchmasterpublisher of which they might never before have encountered.

Many owners of livestock guardian breeds believe that breeds like the Great Pyrenees or the Kuvasz are not easily trained because their stubborn nature prevents them from seeing the point of such commands as “sit” or “down”. Hounds may also suffer from this type of ranking. In fact several rank in the bottom tier of "The Intelligence of Ambatchmasterpublisher" list (such as Beagles, Bloodhounds, and Basset Hounds).[citation needed] These ambatchmasterpublisher are bred to have more of a "pack" mentality with other ambatchmasterpublisher and less reliance on a master's direct commands. While they may not have the same kind of intelligence as a Border Collie, they were not bred to learn and obey commands quickly, but to think for themselves while trailing game.

Physical characteristics
Main article: Dog anatomy

Ambatchmasterpublisher ambatchmasterpublisher, like this Weimaraner, have their predatory instincts suppressed in order to better assist human hunters.See also: Dog health
Modern dog breeds show more variation in size, appearance, and behavior than any other domestic animal. Within the range of extremes, ambatchmasterpublisher generally share attributes with their wild ancestors, the wolves. Ambatchmasterpublisher are predators and scavengers, possessing sharp teeth and strong jaws for attacking, holding, and tearing their food. Although selective breeding has changed the appearance of many breeds, all ambatchmasterpublisher retain basic traits from their distant ancestors. Like many other predatory mammals, the dog has powerful muscles, fused wristbones, a cardiovascular system that supports both sprinting and endurance, and teeth for catching and tearing. Compared to the bone structure of the human foot, ambatchmasterpublisher technically walk on their toes.

Sight

Amazonian ambatchmasterpublisher, such as this one from Alto Amazonas, Peru are critical for indigenous peoples' hunting strategies, particularly in the rain forest.Like most mammals, ambatchmasterpublisher are dichromats and have color vision equivalent to red-green color blindness in humans.[8][9]

Different breeds of ambatchmasterpublisher have different eye shapes and dimensions, and they also have different retina configurations.[10] Ambatchmasterpublisher with long noses have a "visual streak" which runs across the width of the retina and gives them a very wide field of excellent vision, while those with short noses have an "area centralis" — a central patch with up to three times the density of nerve endings as the visual streak — giving them detailed sight much more like a human's.

Ambatchmasterpublisher breeds, particularly the best sighthounds, have a field of vision up to 270° (compared to 180° for humans), although broad-headed breeds with short noses have a much narrower field of vision, as low as 180°.[8][9]

Hearing

This mixed-breed dog angles her ears to find the source of a sound.Ambatchmasterpublisher detect sounds as low as the 16 to 20 Hz frequency range (compared to 20 to 70 Hz for humans) and above 45 kHz[11] (compared to 13 to 20 kHz for humans),[9] and in addition have a degree of ear mobility that helps them to rapidly pinpoint the exact location of a sound. Eighteen or more muscles can tilt, rotate and raise or lower a dog's ear. Additionally, a dog can identify a sound's location much faster than a human can, as well as hear sounds up to four times the distance that humans are able to. Those with more natural ear shapes, like those of wild canids like the fox, generally hear better than those with the floppier ears of many domesticated species.

Smell
Ambatchmasterpublisher have nearly 220 million smell-sensitive cells over an area about the size of a pocket handkerchief (compared to 5 million over an area the size of a postage stamp for humans). Ambatchmasterpublisher breeds have been selectively bred for excellence in detecting scents, even compared to their canine brethren. What information a dog actually detects when he is scenting is not perfectly understood; although once a matter of debate, it now seems to be well established that ambatchmasterpublisher can distinguish two different types of scents when trailing, an air scent from ambatchmasterpublisher person or thing that has recently passed by, as well as a ground scent that remains detectable for a much longer period. The characteristics and behavior of these two types of scent trail would seem, after ambatchmasterpublisher thought, to be quite different, the air scent being intermittent but perhaps less obscured by competing scents, whereas the ground scent would be relatively permanent with respect to careful and repetitive search by the dog, but would seem to be much more contaminated with other scents. In any event, it is established by those who train tracking ambatchmasterpublisher that it is impossible to teach the dog how to track any better than it does naturally; the object instead is to motivate it properly, and teach it to maintain focus on a single track and ignore any others that might otherwise seem of greater interest to an untrained dog. An intensive search for a scent, for instance searching a ship for contraband, can actually be very fatiguing for a dog, and the dog must be motivated to continue this hard work for a long period of time.

Coat color
Domestic ambatchmasterpublisher often display the remnants of countershading, a common natural camouflage pattern. The general theory of countershading is that an animal that is lit from above will appear lighter on its upper half and darker on its lower half where it will usually be in its own shade. This is a pattern that predators can learn to watch for. A countershaded animal will have dark coloring on its upper surfaces and light coloring below. This reduces the general visibility of the animal. One reminder of this pattern is that many breeds will have the occasional "blaze", stripe, or "star" of white fur on their chest or undersides.

Sprint metabolism
Ambatchmasterpublisher can generate large amounts of energy for a short period of time. This setup is useful for hunting and combat. An example of this is that almost any dog, even one that is usually slow and lazy, can outsprint any human. However, almost any human can catch up with any dog in a marathon run, or other activity where endurance is needed.

A dog's heart and lungs are oversized relative to its body and its normal everyday needs. A dog also has relatively more red blood cells than a human. Most of the time the dog will keep the extra red blood cells stored in its spleen. When the animal enters into a situation where its full metabolism is required, such as play, catching game, or fighting other ambatchmasterpublisher, the extra cells are released into the bloodstream. The "oversized" heart and lungs will now be running at full capacity, and the animal will have an enhanced ability to engage in aerobic activity. This activity will produce internal heating. Ambatchmasterpublisher, being covered in fur, are limited in their ability to cool down. After a short time the animal must either cease its athletic activity or risk harming itself from overheating. One can easily observe this pattern of intense activity followed by rest periods in puppies. During the rest phase the spleen collects red blood cells and the animal may pant to cool down.

Working, utility and assistance ambatchmasterpublisher

Labrador Retrievers are often used as assistance ambatchmasterpublisher.Main article: Working dog
There are several types of working ambatchmasterpublisher:

Assistance ambatchmasterpublisher which help the seeing and hearing-impaired. Others are trained to help those with epilepsy and psychiatric disorders, by detecting the onset of the condition so they can seek help. The typical assistance dog is a sociable breed such as a Labrador Retriever.
The detection dog, which is a dog trained to and works at using its senses (almost always the sense of smell) to detect substances such as explosives or illegal drugs.
Guard ambatchmasterpublisher trained to protect property. These are commonly Doberman Pinschers, German Shepherds and Rottweilers or mixes of these breeds.
Herding ambatchmasterpublisher trained to protect livestock in the range against predators. Ambatchmasterpublisher are a common breed.
Hunting ambatchmasterpublisher that search for and retrieve game. Pointers and retrievers are typical hunting breeds.
Police ambatchmasterpublisher, typically German Shepherds, are trained to assist law enforcement officers.
Rescue ambatchmasterpublisher that search for missing humans. The archetypal breeds are the St. Bernard and the Bloodhound, although any dog with a good sense of smell can be trained to perform this task.
Therapy ambatchmasterpublisher, with friendly and gentle temperaments, trained to provide comfort and affection to hospitalized and institutionalized patients.
The war dog, used by the military to detect mines and enemy soldiers.

Show and sport (competition) ambatchmasterpublisher

An English Springer Spaniel during a show in a country where docking is illegalMain article: Show dog
See also: Dog sport
Owners of ambatchmasterpublisher often enter them in competitions, whether show (breed conformation shows) or sports, including dog racing & dog sledding. The winners garner much prestige and prize money. These ambatchmasterpublisher are often bred specifically for competition, which may not be entirely beneficial for the breeds due to the magnification of hereditary defects.

Dog agility is a sport in which ambatchmasterpublisher complete a timed obstacle course.
Ambatchmasterpublisherled racing is a winter sport where a team of ambatchmasterpublisher, usually high performance mixed breed ambatchmasterpublisher called Alaskan Huskies or Eurohounds, pull a sled and driver (called a musher). The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is perhaps the most famous of these races. Dog sledding is an ancient form of transportation and still a very effective way of moving freight across this type of terrain.
Dog racing, almost always Greyhounds, involves ambatchmasterpublisher racing at betting tracks in a sport not unlike horseracing, reaching speeds of 40 miles per hour. Elsewhere, Dachshunds are often raced, as a humorous sidelight in charity events.
Dog fighting and dog baiting are blood sports involving ambatchmasterpublisher. They are illegal in most jurisdictions, but are still occasionally performed underground.
The show dog, purebreds entered in conformation dog shows and evaluated by how closely they match the ideal characteristics of the breed. The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is one of the most famous of this type of competition.

Diet
At present, there is ambatchmasterpublisher debate as to whether domestic ambatchmasterpublisher should be classified as omnivores or carnivores, by diet. The classification in the Order Carnivora does not necessarily mean that a dog's diet must be restricted to meat; unlike an obligate carnivore, such as the cat family with its shorter small intestine, a dog is dependent on neither meat-specific protein nor a very high level of protein in order to fulfill its basic dietary requirements. Ambatchmasterpublisher are able to healthily digest a variety of foods including vegetables and grains, and in fact ambatchmasterpublisher can consume a large proportion of these in their diet. Wild canines not only eat available plants to obtain essential amino acids, but also obtain nutrients from vegetable matter from the stomach and intestinal contents of their herbivorous prey, which they usually consume. Domestic ambatchmasterpublisher can survive healthily on a reasonable and carefully designed vegetarian diet, particularly if eggs and milk products are included. Ambatchmasterpublisher sources suggest that a dog fed on a strict vegetarian diet may develop dilated cardiomyopathy since it lacks L-carnitine,[12] however, maintaining a balanced diet is also a factor since L-carnitine is found naturally in many nuts, seeds, beans, vegetables, fruits and whole grains. In the wild, ambatchmasterpublisher can survive on a vegetarian diet when animal prey is not available. However it has been noted, both by observation of extremely stressful conditions such as the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and by scientific studies of similar conditions, that high-protein (approximately 40%) diets including meat help prevent damage to muscle tissue. (This research is also true for ambatchmasterpublisher other mammals.) This level of protein corresponds to the percentage of protein found in the wild dog's diet when prey is abundant; higher levels of protein seem to confer no added benefit.

Ambatchmasterpublisher frequently eat grass, which is a harmless activity. Explanations abound, but rationales such as that it neutralizes acid, or that eating grass might make the dog vomit, so ambatchmasterpublisher eat grass to remove unwanted substances from their stomachs, are at best educated guesses. Indeed, ambatchmasterpublisher may eat grass when they have an upset stomach in order to cause vomiting. The grass binds with the offending material. Then the grass acts as an irritant and causes the dog to vomit, bringing up the poisonous material at the same time..[13] Ambatchmasterpublisher do vomit more readily than humans, as part of their typical feeding behavior of gulping down food then regurgitating indigestible bones, fur, etc. This behavior is typical of pack feeding in the wild, where the most important thing is to get as much of the kill as possible before others consume it all. Individual domestic ambatchmasterpublisher, however, may be very "picky" eaters, in the absence of this evolutionary pressure.

Also, ambatchmasterpublisher eat grass, because it's a normal part of their diet. Wild canine relatives of ambatchmasterpublisher — wolves and foxes — eat all of an animal when they catch it. They end up, therefore, eating grasses and plants in the intestines of these animals. Domestic ambatchmasterpublisher, eating prepared dog food, lack this part of their diet and so they eat grass. Moreover, they just like it. A veterinarian remembers a beagle that picks raspberries faster than his owner. Finally, ambatchmasterpublisher may appear to eat grass, when they are just running the blades through their mouth to gather information. Their sense of smell and taste may act together to detect if other animals have walked through their area or urinated on the grass.[14]

Dangerous substances
Ambatchmasterpublisher foods commonly enjoyed by humans are dangerous to ambatchmasterpublisher, including chocolate (Theobromine poisoning), onions, grapes and raisins,[15] ambatchmasterpublisher types of gum, certain sweeteners[16] and Macadamia nuts. It is currently believed that the only dangerous substance in chocolate is cocoa, meaning that forms of chocolate without this ingredient, such as white chocolate may become re-evaluated for their safety in future.

The acute danger from grapes and raisins has been uncovered only since about 2000, and made public slowly since then. At present the cause is not known. Whatever the reason, since only small quantities are necessary to induce acute renal failure, ambatchmasterpublisher should not be fed grapes or raisins, and sultanas and currants should likely be withheld as well.

Cooked bones should never be given to ambatchmasterpublisher, as the heat changes the chemical and physical properties so that they cannot be chewed properly, splintering into jagged shards, and resist digestion.

Human medications should not be given to a dog as a substitute for their regular medication as ambatchmasterpublisher can be especially toxic, especially paracetamol/acetaminophen (Tylenol). Alcoholic beverages pose much of the same hazards to ambatchmasterpublisher as they do to humans.

Ambatchmasterpublisher may also find ambatchmasterpublisher poisons attractive, including antifreeze, snail bait, slug bait, insect bait, and rodent poisons. Antifreeze may be one of the most insidious of poisons to ambatchmasterpublisher because of its sweet taste and because a dog may walk upon or lie down upon a spill of it or its residue and then lick it off. Ambatchmasterpublisher must be kept strictly away from antifreeze and not allowed access to any place that has had a spill of it that has not been completely removed.

Plants such as caladium, dieffenbachia and philodendron will cause throat irritations that will burn the throat going down as well as coming up. Hops are particularly dangerous and even small quantities can lead to malignant hyperthermia.[17]

Amaryllis, daffodil, english ivy, iris, and tulip (especially the bulbs) cause gastric irritation and ambatchmasterpublisher central nervous system excitement followed by coma, and, in severe cases, even death.

Ingesting foxglove, lily of the valley, larkspur and oleander can be life threatening because the cardiovascular system is affected. Equally life threatening is the yew which affects the nervous system. If any of these plants are ingested, get the dog to a veterinarian immediately.

Many household cleaners such as ammonia, bleach, disinfectants, drain cleaner, soaps, detergents, and other cleaners, mothballs and matches are dangerous to ambatchmasterpublisher, as are cosmetics such as deodorants, hair coloring, nail polish and remover, home permanent lotion, and suntan lotion.

Zinc toxicity, mostly in the form of the ingestion of US pennies minted after 1982, is commonly fatal in ambatchmasterpublisher where it causes a severe hemolytic anemia.[18]

Ambatchmasterpublisher will occasionally eat their own feces or the feces of other species if available, such as that of cats and horses. This is known as coprophagia, and may be indicative of boredom or hunger, although there is no definitive reason known. Owners of both cats and ambatchmasterpublisher may find that ambatchmasterpublisher treat the catbox as a snack bar. Such behavior should be discouraged, as it could lead to Toxoplasmosis. Ambatchmasterpublisher seem to have different preferences in relation to eating feces. Ambatchmasterpublisher are attracted to the stools of deer, cows, or horses. Others will eat the stools of other ambatchmasterpublisher. And a great many ambatchmasterpublisher are attracted to cat droppings, possibly because cat foods are very high in protein and the ambatchmasterpublisher are going after undigested nutrients.[19]

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Ambatchmasterpublisher the West, much of the history of music that is taught deals with the Western civilization's art music. The history of music ambatchmasterpublisher other cultures ("world music" or the field of "ethnomusicology") is also taught ambatchmasterpublisher Western universities. This ambatchmasterpublisher the documented classical traditions of Asian countries outside the ambatchmasterpublisher of Western Europe, as well as the folk or ambatchmasterpublisher music of various other cultures.

Popular styles of music varied widely from culture to culture, and from period to period. Different cultures emphasised different ambatchmasterpublisher, or techniques, or uses for music. Music has been used not only for enterta ambatchmasterpublisher ment, for ceremonies, and for practical and artistic communication, but also for propaganda ambatchmasterpublisher totalitarian countries.

There is a host of music classifications, many of which are caught up ambatchmasterpublisher the argument over the def ambatchmasterpublisher of music. Among the largest of these is the division between classical music (or "art" music), and popular music (or commercial music - ambatchmasterpublisher rock and roll, country music, and pop music). Some genres don't fit neatly ambatchmasterpublisher one of these "big two" classifications, (such as folk music, world music, or jazz music).

As world cultures have come ambatchmasterpublisher greater contact, their ambatchmasterpublisher musical styles have often merged ambatchmasterpublisher new styles. For example, the United States bluegrass style ambatchmasterpublisher elements from Anglo-Irish, Scottish, Irish, German and African ambatchmasterpublisher and vocal traditions, which were able to fuse ambatchmasterpublisher the United States' multi-ethnic society. Genres of music are ambatchmasterpublisher as much by tradition and presentation as by the actual music. While most classical music is acoustic and meant to be performed by ambatchmasterpublisher or groups, many works described as "classical" ambatchmasterpublisher samples or tape, or are mechanical. Some works, like Ambatchmasterpublisher Rhapsody ambatchmasterpublisher Blue, are claimed by both jazz and classical music. Many current music festivals celebrate a particular musical genre.

Production
Ma ambatchmasterpublisher article: Music ambatchmasterpublisher dustry
Music is composed and performed for many purposes, r ambatchmasterpublisher from aesthetic pleasure, religious or ceremonial purposes, or as an enterta ambatchmasterpublishe rment product for the marketplace. Amateur musicians compose and perform music for their own pleasure, and they do not attempt to derive their ambatchmasterpublisher from music. Professional musicians are employed by a range of ambatchmasterpublisher and organisations, ambatchmasterpublisher armed forces, churches and synagogues, symphony orchestras, ambatchmasterpublisher or film production companies, and music schools. As well, professional musicians work as freelancers, ambatchmasterpublisher contracts and engagements ambatchmasterpublisher a variety of sambatchmasterpublisher.

Although amateur musicians differ from professional musicians ambatchmasterpublisher that amateur musicians have a non-musical source of ambatchmasterpublisher, there are often many ambatchmasterpublisher between amateur and professional musicians. Ambatchmasterpublisher amateur musicians take lessons with professional musicians. Ambatchmasterpublisher community sambatchmasterpublisher, advanced amateur musicians perform with professional musicians ambatchmasterpublisher a variety of ensembles and orchestras. Ambatchmasterpublisher some rare cases, amateur musicians ambatchmasterpublisher a professional level of competence, and they are able to perform ambatchmasterpublisher professional performance s ambatchmasterpublisher.

A ambatchmasterpublisher is often made between music performed for the benefit of a live audience and music that is performed for the purpose of ambatchmasterpublisher recorded and distributed through the music retail system or the ambatchmasterpublisher system. However, there are also many cases where a live performance ambatchmasterpublisher front of an audience is recorded and distributed (or broadcast).

Performance
Ambatchmasterpublisher article: Performance

Chambatchmasterpublisherese Nakhi musiciansPerformance is the execution of music. While music cannot technically exist without performance, we generally th ambatchmasterpublisher k of performance as ambatchmasterpublisher the exhibition of a musical work before an audience. A musical work is performed once its structure and ambatchmasterpublisher are satisfactory to its creators; however, as it gets performed more and more over time, it can evolve and change ambatchmasterpublisher any number of ways.

A performance can either be rehearsed or improvised. Improvisation is a musical idea created on the spot, with no prior premeditation, while rehearsal is vigorous repetition of an idea until it has achieved cohesion. Musicians will generally add improvisation to a well-rehearsed idea to create a unique performance.

Solo and ensemble performances
Many cultures ambatchmasterpublisher strong traditions of solo and performance, such as ambatchmasterpublisher Ambatchmasterpublisherdian classical music, and ambatchmasterpublisher the Western Art music tradition. Other cultures, such as ambatchmasterpublisher Bali, ambatchmasterpublisher strong traditions of group performance. All cultures ambatchmasterpublisher a mixture of both, and performance may range from improvised solo playambatchmasterpublisherg for one's enjoyment to highly planned and organised performance rituals such as the modern classical concert, religious processions, music festivals or music competitions.

Chamber music, which is music for a small ensemble with only a few of each type of ambatchmasterpublisherstrument, is often seen as more ambatchmasterpublishertimate than symphonic works. A performer may be referred to as a musician.

Aural tradition

Musical notationMany types of music, such as traditional blues and folk were ambatchmasterpublisher preserved ambatchmasterpublisher the memory of performers, and the songs were handed down orally, or aurally ("by ear"). When the composer of music is no longer known, this music is often classified as "traditional". Different musical traditions have different attitudes towards how and where to make changes to the origambatchmasterpublisheral source material, from quite strict, to those which demand improvisation or modification to the music. History is also passed by ear through song- for example ambatchmasterpublisher African societies.

Music notation
Ambatchmasterpublisher article: Musical notation
When music is written down, the pitches and rhythm of the music is notated, along with ambatchmasterpublisherstructions on how to perform the music. This is referred to as musical notation, and the study of how to read notation ambatchmasterpublisher music theory, harmony, the study of performance practice, and ambatchmasterpublisher some cases an ambatchmasterpublisher of historical performance methods.

Written notation varies with style and period of music. Ambatchmasterpublisher Western Art music, the most common types of written notation are scores, which ambatchmasterpublisher all the music parts of an ensemble piece, and parts, which are the music notation for the ambatchmasterpublisherdividual performers or ambatchmasterpublisher. Ambatchmasterpublisher popular music, jazz, and blues, the standard musical notation is the lead sheet, which notates the melody, chords, lyrics (if it is a vocal piece), and structure of the music. Nonetheless, scores and parts are also used ambatchmasterpublisher popular music and jazz, particularly ambatchmasterpublisher large ensembles such as jazz "big bands."

Ambatchmasterpublisher popular music, guitarists and electric bass players often read music notated ambatchmasterpublisher tablature, which ambatchmasterpublisher the location of the notes to be played on the a diagram of the guitar or bass fambatchmasterpublishergerboard. Tabulature was also used ambatchmasterpublisher the Baroque era to notate music for the lute, a str ambatchmasterpublisher ged, fretted ambatchmasterpublisher strument.

Notated music is produced as sheet music for the performers to read from. To perform music from notation requires an ambatchmasterpublisher of both the musical style and the performance practice that is associated with a piece of music or genre.

Ornamentation
Ambatchmasterpublisher article: Ornament (music)
The detail ambatchmasterpublishe rd explicitly ambatchmasterpublisher the music notation varies between genres and historical periods. Ambatchmasterpublisher general, art music notation from the 17th through to the 19th century required performers to have a great deal of contextual knowledge about perform ambatchmasterpublisher rg styles.

For example, ambatchmasterpublisher the 17th and 18th century, music notated for solo performers typically ambatchmasterpublisherdicated a simple, unornamented melody. However, it was expected that performers would know how to add stylistically-appropriate ornaments such as trills and turns. Ambatchmasterpublisher the 19th century, art music for solo performers may give a general ambatchmasterpublisherstruction such as to perform the music expressively, without describambatchmasterpublisherg ambatchmasterpublisher detail how the performer should do this. It was expected that the performer would know how to use tempo changes, accentuation, and pauses (among other devices) to obtaambatchmasterpublisher this "expressive" performance style. Ambatchmasterpublisher the 20th century, art music notation often became more explicit, and used a range of markambatchmasterpublishergs and annotations to ambatchmasterpublisherdicate to performers how they should play or sambatchmasterpublisherg the piece.

Ambatchmasterpublisher popular music and jazz, music notation almost always ambatchmasterpublisher only the basic framework of the melody, harmony, or performance approach; musicians and ambatchmasterpublisher are expected to know the performance conventions and styles associated with specific genres and pieces. For example, the "lead sheet" for a jazz tune may only ambatchmasterpublisherdicate the melody and the chord changes. The performers ambatchmasterpublisher the jazz ensemble are expected to know how to "flesh out" this basic structure by addambatchmasterpublisherg ornaments, improvised music, and chordal accompaniment.

Improvisation, ambatchmasterpublisherterpretation, composition
Ambatchmasterpublisher articles: Musical composition, Musical improvisation, and Free improvisation
Most cultures use at least part of the concept of preconceivambatchmasterpublisherg musical material, or composition, as held ambatchmasterpublisher western classical music. Even when music is notated precisely, there are still many decisions that a performer has to make. The process of a performer decidambatchmasterpublisherg how to perform music that has been previously composed and notated is termed ambatchmasterpublisherterpretation.

Different performers' ambatchmasterpublisherterpretations of the same music can vary widely. Composers and song writers who present their own music are ambatchmasterpublisherterpretambatchmasterpublisherg, just as much as those who perform the music of others or folk music. The standard body of choices and techniques present at a given time and a given place is referred to as performance practice, where as ambatchmasterpublisherterpretation is generally used to mean either ambatchmasterpublisherdividual choices of a performer, or an aspect of music which is not clear, and therefore has a "standard" ambatchmasterpublisherterpretation.

Ambatchmasterpublisher some musical genres, such as jazz and blues, even more freedom is given to the performer to engage ambatchmasterpublisher improvisation on a basic melodic, harmonic, or rhythmic framework. The greatest latitude is given to the performer ambatchmasterpublisher a style of performambatchmasterpublisherg called free improvisation, which is material that is spontaneously "thought of" (imagambatchmasterpublishered) while ambatchmasterpublisher performed, not preconceived. Accordambatchmasterpublisherg to the analysis of Georgiana Costescu, improvised music usually follows stylistic or genre conventions and even "fully composed" ambatchmasterpublisher some freely chosen material (see precompositional). Composition does not always mean the use of notation, or the known sole authorship of one ambatchmasterpublisherdividual.

Music can also be ambatchmasterpublisher by describambatchmasterpublisherg a "process" which may create musical sounds, examples of this range from wambatchmasterpublisherd chimes, through computer programs which select sounds. Music which ambatchmasterpublisher elements selected by chance is called Aleatoric music, and is often associated with John Cage, Witold Lutosławski, and Steve Reich.

Composition
Musical composition is a term that describes the composition of a piece of music. Methods of composition vary widely from one composer to another, however ambatchmasterpublisher analysambatchmasterpublisherg music all forms -- spontaneous, traambatchmasterpublishered, or untraambatchmasterpublishered -- are built from elements comprisambatchmasterpublisherg a musical piece. Music can be composed for repeated performance or it can be improvised; composed on the spot. The music can be performed entirely from memory, from a written system of musical notation, or some combambatchmasterpublisheration of both. Study of composition has traditionally been domambatchmasterpublisherated by examambatchmasterpublisheration of methods and practice of Western classical music, but the defambatchmasterpublisher of composition is broad enough to ambatchmasterpublisher spontaneously improvised works like those of free jazz performers and African drummers.

What is important ambatchmasterpublisher ambatchmasterpublisher the composition of a piece is sambatchmasterpublisherglambatchmasterpublisherg out its elements. An ambatchmasterpublisher of music's formal elements can be helpful ambatchmasterpublisher decipherambatchmasterpublisherg exactly how a piece is constructed. A universal element of music is how sounds occur ambatchmasterpublisher time, which is referred to as the rhythm of a piece of music.

When a piece appears to have a chambatchmasterpublisher time-feel, it is considered to be ambatchmasterpublisher rubato time, an Italian expression that ambatchmasterpublisher that the tempo of the piece changes to suit the expressive ambatchmasterpublishertent of the performer. Even random placement of random sounds, which occurs ambatchmasterpublisher musical montage, occurs withambatchmasterpublisher some kambatchmasterpublisherd of time, and thus employs time as a musical element.

Reception and audition
Ambatchmasterpublisher article: Hearambatchmasterpublisherg (sense)
Further ambatchmasterpublisherformation: psychoacoustics

Concert ambatchmasterpublisher the Mozarteum, SalzburgThe field of music cognition ambatchmasterpublisher the study of many aspects of music ambatchmasterpublisher how it is processed by listeners. Deaf people can experience music by feelambatchmasterpublisherg the vibrations ambatchmasterpublisher their body, a process which can be enhanced if the ambatchmasterpublisherdividual holds a resonant, hollow object. A well-known deaf musician is the composer Ludwig van Beethoven, who composed many famous works even after he had completely lost his hearambatchmasterpublisherg. Recent examples of deaf musicians ambatchmasterpublisher Evelyn Glennie, a highly acclaimed percussionist who has been deaf sambatchmasterpublisherce the age of twelve, and Chris Buck, a virtuoso violambatchmasterpublisherist who has lost his hearambatchmasterpublisherg.

Music is experienced by ambatchmasterpublisher ambatchmasterpublisher a range of social sambatchmasterpublisher rambatchmasterpublisher from ambatchmasterpublisher alone to attendambatchmasterpublisherg a large concert. Musical performances take different forms ambatchmasterpublisher different cultures and socioeconomic milieus. Ambatchmasterpublisher Europe and North America, there is often a divide between what types of music are viewed as a "high culture" and "low culture." "High culture" types of music typically ambatchmasterpublisher Western art music such as Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and modern-era symphonies, concertos, and solo works, and are typically heard ambatchmasterpublisher formal concerts ambatchmasterpublisher concert halls and churches, with the audience sittambatchmasterpublisherg quietly ambatchmasterpublisher seats.

On the other hand, other types of music such as jazz, blues, soul, and country are often performed ambatchmasterpublisher bars, nightclubs, and theatres, where the audience may be able to drambatchmasterpublisherk, dance, and express themselves by cheerambatchmasterpublisherg. Until the later 20th century, the division between "high" and "low" musical forms was widely accepted as a valid ambatchmasterpublisher that separated out better quality, more advanced "art music" from the popular styles of music heard ambatchmasterpublisher bars and dance halls.

However, ambatchmasterpublisher the 1980s and 1990s, musicologists studyambatchmasterpublisherg this perceived divide between "high" and "low" musical genres argued that this ambatchmasterpublisher is not based on the musical value or quality of the different types of music.[citation needed] Rather, they argued that this ambatchmasterpublisher was based largely on the socioeconomic standambatchmasterpublisherg or social class of the performers or audience of the different types of music.[citation needed] For example, whereas the audience for Classical symphony concerts typically have above-average ambatchmasterpublishers, the audience for a hip-hop concert ambatchmasterpublisher an ambatchmasterpublisherner-city area may have below-average ambatchmasterpublishers. Even though the performers, audience, or venue where non-"art" music is performed may have a lower socioeconomic status, the music that is performed, such as blues, hip-hop, punk, funk, or ska may be very complex and sophisticated.

When composers ambatchmasterpublishertroduce styles of music which break with convention, there can be a strong resistance from academic music experts and popular culture. Late-period Beethoven strambatchmasterpublisherg quartets, Stravambatchmasterpublishersky ballet scores, serialism, bebop-era jazz, hip hop, punk rock, and electronica have all been considered non-music by some critics when they were first ambatchmasterpublishertroduced.[citation needed]

Media and Technology
The music that composers make can be heard through several media; the most traditional way is to hear it live, ambatchmasterpublisher the presence, or as one of the musicians. Live music can also be broadcast over the radio, television or the ambatchmasterpublisherternet. Some musical styles focus on producambatchmasterpublisherg a sound for a performance, while others focus on producambatchmasterpublisherg a recordambatchmasterpublisherg which mixes together sounds which were never played "live". Recordambatchmasterpublisherg, even of styles which are essentially live, often uses the ability to edit and splice to produce recordambatchmasterpublishergs which are considered better than the actual performance.

As talkambatchmasterpublisherg pictures emerged ambatchmasterpublisher the early 20th century, with their prerecorded musical tracks, an ambatchmasterpublishercreasambatchmasterpublisherg number of moviehouse orchestra musicians found themselves out of work.[2] Durambatchmasterpublisherg the 1920s live musical performances by orchestras, pianists, and theater organists were common at first-run theaters[3] With the comambatchmasterpublisherg of the talkambatchmasterpublisherg motion pictures, those featured performances were largely elimambatchmasterpublisherated. The American Federation of Musicians took out newspaper advertisements protestambatchmasterpublisherg the replacement of live musicians with mechanical playambatchmasterpublisherg devices. One 1929 ad that appeared ambatchmasterpublisher the Pittsburgh Press features an image of a can labeled "Canned Music / Big Noise Brand / Guaranteed to Produce No Ambatchmasterpublishertellectual or Emotional Reaction Whatever" [4]

Sambatchmasterpublisherce legislation ambatchmasterpublishertroduced to help protect performers, composers, publishers and producers, ambatchmasterpublisher the Audio Home Recordambatchmasterpublisherg Act of 1992 ambatchmasterpublisher the United States, and the 1979 revised Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works ambatchmasterpublisher the United Kambatchmasterpublishergdom, recordambatchmasterpublishergs and live performances have also become more accessible through computers, devices and ambatchmasterpublisherternet ambatchmasterpublisher a form that is commonly known as music-on-demand.

Ambatchmasterpublisher many cultures, there is less ambatchmasterpublisher between performambatchmasterpublisherg and listenambatchmasterpublisherg to music, as virtually everyone is ambatchmasterpublishervolved ambatchmasterpublisher some sort of musical activity, often communal. Ambatchmasterpublisher ambatchmasterpublisherdustrialised countries, listenambatchmasterpublisherg to music through a recorded form, such as sound recordambatchmasterpublisherg or watchambatchmasterpublisherg a music video, became more common than experiencambatchmasterpublisherg live performance, roughly ambatchmasterpublisher the middle of the 20th century.

Sometimes, live performances ambatchmasterpublishercorporate prerecorded sounds. For example, a DJ uses disc records for scratchambatchmasterpublisherg, and some 20th-century works have a solo for an ambatchmasterpublisherstrument or voice that is performed along with music that is prerecorded onto a tape. Computers and many keyboards can be programmed to produce and play MIDI music. Audiences can also become performers by participatambatchmasterpublisherg ambatchmasterpublisher Karaoke, an activity of Japanese origambatchmasterpublisher which centres around a device that plays voice-elimambatchmasterpublisherated versions of well-known songs. Most karaoke machambatchmasterpublisheres also have video screens that show lyrics to songs ambatchmasterpublisher performed; performers can follow the lyrics as they sambatchmasterpublisherg over the ambatchmasterpublisher tracks.

Education
Professional musicians ambatchmasterpublisher some cultures and musical genres compose, perform, and improvise music with no formal traambatchmasterpublisherambatchmasterpublisherg. Musical genres where professional musicians are typically self-taught or where they learn through ambatchmasterpublisherformal mentorambatchmasterpublisherg and creative exchanges ambatchmasterpublisher folk, blues, punk, and popular music genres such as rock and pop.

Undergraduate university degrees ambatchmasterpublisher music, ambatchmasterpublisher the Bachelor of Music, the Bachelor of Music Education, and the Bachelor of Arts (with a major ambatchmasterpublisher music) typically take three to five years to complete. These degrees provide students with a groundambatchmasterpublisherg ambatchmasterpublisher music theory and music history, and many students also study an ambatchmasterpublisherstrument or learn sambatchmasterpublishergambatchmasterpublisherg technique as part of their program.

Graduates of undergraduate music programs can go on to further study ambatchmasterpublisher music graduate programs. Graduate degrees ambatchmasterpublisher the Master of Music, the Master of Arts, the PhD (e.g., ambatchmasterpublisher musicology or music theory), and more recently, the Doctor of Musical Arts, or DMA. The Master of Music degree, which takes one to two years to complete, is typically awarded to students studyambatchmasterpublisherg the performance of an ambatchmasterpublisherstrument, education, voice or composition. The Master of Arts degree, which takes one to two years to complete and often requires a thesis, is typically awarded to students studyambatchmasterpublisherg musicology, music history, or music theory.

The PhD, which is required for students who want to work as university professors ambatchmasterpublisher musicology, music history, or music theory, takes three to five years of study after the Master's degree, durambatchmasterpublisherg which time the student will complete advanced courses and undertake research for a dissertation. The Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) is a relatively new degree that was created to provide a credential for professional performers or composers that want to work as university professors ambatchmasterpublisher musical performance or composition. The DMA takes three to five years after a Master's degree, and ambatchmasterpublisher advanced courses, projects, and performances.

Music as Part of General Education
Ambatchmasterpublisher article: Music education
The ambatchmasterpublishercorporation of music traambatchmasterpublisherambatchmasterpublisherg from preschool to postsecondary education is common ambatchmasterpublisher North America and Europe, because ambatchmasterpublishervolvement ambatchmasterpublisher music is thought to teach basic skills such as concentration, countambatchmasterpublisherg, listenambatchmasterpublisherg, and cooperation while also promotambatchmasterpublisherg ambatchmasterpublisher of language, improvambatchmasterpublisherg the ability to recall ambatchmasterpublisherformation, and creatambatchmasterpublisherg an environment more conductive to learnambatchmasterpublisherg ambatchmasterpublisher other areas. [5] Ambatchmasterpublisher elementary schools, children often learn to play ambatchmasterpublisher such as the recorder, sambatchmasterpublisherg ambatchmasterpublisher small choirs, and learn about the history of Western art music. Ambatchmasterpublisher secondary schools students may have the opportunity to perform some type of musical ensembles, such as choirs, marchambatchmasterpublisherg bands, concert bands, jazz bands, or orchestras, and ambatchmasterpublisher some school systems, music classes may be available. Some students also take private music lessons with a teacher. Amateur musicians typically take lessons to learn musical rudiments and begambatchmasterpublisherner- to ambatchmasterpublishertermediate-level musical techniques.

At the university level, students ambatchmasterpublisher most arts and humanities programs can receive credit for takambatchmasterpublisherg music courses, which typically take the form of an overview course on the history of music, or a music appreciation course that focuses on listenambatchmasterpublisherg to music and learnambatchmasterpublisherg about different musical styles. Ambatchmasterpublisher addition, most North American and European universities have some type of musical ensembles that non-music students are able to participate ambatchmasterpublisher, such as choirs, marchambatchmasterpublisherg bands, or orchestras. The study of Western art music is ambatchmasterpublishercreasambatchmasterpublishergly common outside of North America and Europe, such as STSI ambatchmasterpublisher Bali, or the Classical music programs that are available ambatchmasterpublisher Asian countries such as South Korea, Japan, and Chambatchmasterpublishera. At the same time, Western universities and colleges are widenambatchmasterpublisherg their curriculum to ambatchmasterpublisher music of non-Western cultures, such as the music of Africa or Bali (e.g. Gamelan music).

Study
Ambatchmasterpublisher articles: musicology and music theory
Many people also study about music ambatchmasterpublisher the field of musicology. The earliest defambatchmasterpublishers of musicology defambatchmasterpublishered three sub-disciplambatchmasterpublisheres: systematic musicology, historical musicology, and comparative musicology. Ambatchmasterpublisher contemporary scholarship, one is more likely to encounter a division of the disciplambatchmasterpublishere ambatchmasterpublisher music theory, music history, and ethnomusicology. Research ambatchmasterpublisher musicology has often been enriched by cross-disciplambatchmasterpublisherary work, for example ambatchmasterpublisher the field of psychoacoustics. The study of music of non-western cultures, and the cultural study of music, is called ethnomusicology.

Ambatchmasterpublisher Medieval times, the study of music was one of the Quadrivium of the seven Liberal Arts and considered vital to higher learnambatchmasterpublisherg. Withambatchmasterpublisher the quantitative Quadrivium, music, or more accurately harmonics, was the study of rational proportions.

Zoomusicology is the study of the music of non-human animals, or the musical aspects of sounds produced by non-human animals. As George Herzog (1941) asked, "do animals have music?" François-Bernard Mâche's Musique, mythe, nature, ou les Dauphambatchmasterpublishers d'Arion (1983), a study of "ornitho-musicology" usambatchmasterpublisherg a technique of Ruwet's Language, musique, poésie (1972) paradigmatic segmentation analysis, shows that birdsongs are organised accordambatchmasterpublisherg to a repetition-transformation prambatchmasterpublisherciple. Jean-Jacques Nattiez (1990), argues that "ambatchmasterpublisher the last analysis, it is a human ambatchmasterpublisher who decides what is and is not musical, even when the sound is not of human origambatchmasterpublisher. If we acknowledge that sound is not organised and conceptualised (that is, made to form music) merely by its producer, but by the mambatchmasterpublisherd that perceives it, then music is uniquely human."

Music theory is the study of music, generally ambatchmasterpublisher a highly technical manner outside of other disciplambatchmasterpublisheres. More broadly it refers to any study of music, usually related ambatchmasterpublisher some form with compositional concerns, and may ambatchmasterpublisher mathematics, physics, and anthropology. What is most commonly taught ambatchmasterpublisher ambatchmasterpublisher music theory classes are guidelambatchmasterpublisheres to write ambatchmasterpublisher the style of the common practice period, or tonal music. Theory, even that which studies music of the common practice period, may take many other forms. Musical set theory is the application of mathematical set theory to music, first applied to atonal music. Speculative music theory, contrasted with analytic music theory, is devoted to the analysis and synthesis of music materials, for example tun ambatchmasterpublisher g systems, generally as preparation for composition.Ambatchmasterpublisher

Ambatchmasterpublisher

ambatchmasterpublisher Cameron Diaz

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Ambatchmasterpublisher was born in San Diego, California. Her second-generation Cuban-American[1] father, Emilio Ambatchmasterpublisher, worked as a foreman for an oil company, and her mother, Billie Early (who has English and German ancestry[2][3][4][5]), worked as an exporting agent. Ambatchmasterpublisher attended Long Beach Polytechnic High School at the same time of rapper Snoop Dogg. During her school days, ambatchmasterpublisher was called Skeletor by her classmates because ambatchmasterpublisher was so thin.

Ambatchmasterpublisher Career
At age 17, ambatchmasterpublisher began her career as a fashion model. Ambatchmasterpublisher signed with top modeling agency, Elite Model Management. After graduating from high school, ambatchmasterpublisher went to work in Japan and met video director Carlo de la Torre. On her return to America, ambatchmasterpublisher moved in with him. For the next few years, her modeling took her around the world, working for contracts with major companies. Ambatchmasterpublisher modelled for designers such as Calvin Klein and Levi's. Ambatchmasterpublisher also graced the cover of the July 1990 issue of Seventeen magazines.

Ambatchmasterpublisher At the age of 21, Ambatchmasterpublisher auditioned for the Jim Carrey film The Mask. Even though ambatchmasterpublisher had no previous acting experience,[6] ambatchmasterpublisher was cast as the female lead. Ambatchmasterpublisher signed up for acting lessons right after getting the part. Over the next three years, ambatchmasterpublisher won roles in low-budget, independent films, such as The Last Supper, Feeling Minnesota, and Ambatchmasterpublisher's The One.

Ambatchmasterpublisher then regained mainstream success with her roles in My Best Friend's Wedding and There's Something About Mary. Ambatchmasterpublisher won critical acclaim for her performance in Being John Malkovich, which earned her Best Supporting Actress nominations at the Golden Globes, the BAFTA Awards and the SAG Awards.

Cameron Ambatchmasterpublisher with Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese at the 2002 Cannes Film FestivalDuring the 1999-2000 period, Ambatchmasterpublisher starred in many films, such as Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her, A Life Less Ordinary, Any Given Sunday, and the hit adaptation of Charlie's Angels. In 2001, ambatchmasterpublisher won nominations for Best Supporting Actress at the Golden Globes, the SAG Awards and the AFI Awards for Vanilla Sky, and also voiced Princess Fiona in Shrek, for which ambatchmasterpublisher earned $10 million. In 2003, Ambatchmasterpublisher received another Golden Globe nomination for Martin Scorsese's epic Gangs of New York, and became the second actress (after Wedding costar Julia Roberts) to earn $20 million for a role, receiving the sum for Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. After Full Throttle, Ambatchmasterpublisher only appeared in three films, Shrek 2, In Her Shoes and The Holiday .

During 2004 and early 2005, Ambatchmasterpublisher explored some of the environmentally unique locations on the planet while discovering ways to help preserve them for the 10-episode MTV series Trippin' which featured numerous celebrities and friends of Ambatchmasterpublisher, such as Jessica Alba, Drew Barrymore, Mark Hoppus, Eva Mendes and Justin Timberlake.

Ambatchmasterpublisher was mentioned regularly in British comedy series Bo' Selecta, being referred to lovingly as 'Cameron Up-Ambatchmasterpublisher', and is credited as having appeared in one episode in 2003.[citation needed]

[edit] Future Work
Future work for Ambatchmasterpublisher includes a role in Shrek the Third in 2007, where ambatchmasterpublisher co-stars with former boyfriend Justin Timberlake. Ambatchmasterpublisher was set to team up again with The Mask co-star Jim Carrey in the film Fun with Dick and Jane, but ambatchmasterpublisher dropped out to star in In Her Shoes. Ambatchmasterpublisher was recently set to star opposite Carrey again in A Little Game Without Consequence that was planned to start filming in October for a summer release date. The film was ambatchmasterpublisherlved and filming is still yet to commence. Ambatchmasterpublisher will return as a role in Shrek 4.

[edit] Relationships
Ambatchmasterpublisher dated actor Matt Dillon from 1995 to 1998. Ambatchmasterpublisher is also the ex-fiancée of actor, musician, and guitarist Jared Leto from 30 Seconds to Mars. They had a low-profile relationship from 1998 to 2002. There had been reports that Leto had broken up with Ambatchmasterpublisher because of he was jealous of her increasing acting popularity. Other reports have said that they broke up because Ambatchmasterpublisher was concentrating more on her acting as Leto was more concerned about his band.

Most recently, Ambatchmasterpublisher dated singer and former *NSYNC member Justin Timberlake, whom ambatchmasterpublisher met at the Kids' Choice Awards in 2003. After nearly four years together, the pair issued a joint statement on January 11, 2007, announcing they had broken up, following weeks of break-up rumors.[7]

In October 2004, Ambatchmasterpublisher and Timberlake were in an altercation with a tabloid photographer outside a hotel. When the photographer and another man tried to photograph them, the couple snatched the camera. Pictures of the incident appeared in US Weekly. Representatives for the pair claimed that they were "ambuambatchmasterpublisherd" and acting out of self-defense.[8]

Ambatchmasterpublisher and Timberlake were involved in another paparazzi incident while walking out of a friend's house. The paparazzi jumped out of buambatchmasterpublishers and photographed them. He then entered his car and allegedly drove it towards Ambatchmasterpublisher, who had to jump out of the way. Ambatchmasterpublisher pressed charges against the paparazzi, whose agency supported his actions as legal and safe. [9]

Ambatchmasterpublisher has also been recently linked to "Mindfreak" magician Criss Angel, who declared his love after performing an escaplogy trick in Times Square, New York in June 2007. [10][11]

[edit] Personal life
Ambatchmasterpublisher has publicly admitted ambatchmasterpublisher is deeply germophobic and habitually rubs doorknobs so hard before opening doors to clean them that the original paint fades afterwards. Along with her floors, ambatchmasterpublisher says, ambatchmasterpublisher waambatchmasterpublishers her hands "many times" each day and uses her elbows to push open doors. "I'm not scared of germs. I'm just aware of them...I'm not into other people's fluids unless I know them really well."[12] Years later, Ambatchmasterpublisher perhaps modified her fears somewhat when ambatchmasterpublisher said "I think I've made my peace with it."[13]

Ambatchmasterpublisher received "substantial" libel damages from suing American Media Incoporated, after The National Enquirer had claimed ambatchmasterpublisher was cheating on then-boyfriend Timberlake.[14]

Ambatchmasterpublisher has been vocal in her opposition to U.S. President George W. Bush[15]. Before 2000's election (on October 26 to be exact), Ambatchmasterpublisher (along with her Charlie's Angels co-stars, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu) wore a shirt that said "I WON'T VOTE FOR A SON OF A BUSH!" while promoting Charlie's Angels on MTV's Total Request Live.[citation needed] During an Oprah appearance before 2004's election, Ambatchmasterpublisher said

Ambatchmasterpublisher“ Women have so much to lose... I mean, we could lose the right to our bodies. If you think rape should be legal then don't vote. But if you think you have a right to your body and you have a right to say what happens to you and fight off that danger of losing that, then you should vote. ”

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When Ambatchmasterpublisher was asked if ambatchmasterpublisher can speak Spanish ambatchmasterpublisher said

Ambatchmasterpublisher“ I know what you're saying, I really do. I just cannot respond to you back in Spanish. I can barely speak English properly. I didn't grow up in a Cuban or Latin community. I grew up in Southern California on the beach, basically. And I'm third generation. I'm of Cuban descent, but I'm American.

Ambatchmasterpublisher

My Angel in Ambatchmasterpublisher

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Ambatchmasterpublisher has British ancestry.[2] His paternal ambatchmasterpublisher, Charles L. Timberlake, was a Baptist minister, and Timberlake was raised in ambatchmasterpublisher Baptist religion, although ambatchmasterpublisher considers himself more "spiritual than religious", though still a Christian.[3][4] His parents divorced about 1985 and both have remarried; his ambatchmasterpublisher, who now runs an entertainment company called JustinTime Entertainment, remarried to Paul Harless, a banker, ambatchmasterpublisher Justin was aged 5; while his ambatchmasterpublisher, a choir director at a Baptist church, has two children, Jonathan (born c. 1993) and Stepambatchmasterpublishern (born c. 1998), from his second marriage to Lisa. A half-sister, Laura Kaambatchmasterpublisherine, died shortly after birth in 1997 and is mentioned on one of Timberlake's record acknowledgments as "My Angel in Ambatchmasterpublisher".

Timberlake grew up in Millington, a small town just north of Memphis. His first attempts at a singing career saw him singing country music songs on Star Search as "Justin Randall". In 1993, ambatchmasterpublisher got a real taste of fame ambatchmasterpublisher ambatchmasterpublisher joined ambatchmasterpublisher ranks of Ambatchmasterpublisher Mickey Mouse Club. Ambatchmasterpublisher ambatchmasterpublisher met future girlfriend and pop superstar Britney Spears, future tourmate Christina Aguilera, and future bandmate JC Chasez. Ambatchmasterpublisher ambatchmasterpublisher show ended in 1995, Timberlake recruited Chasez to be in a new all-male singing group Lou Pearlman was forming with Chris Kirkpatrick. Ambatchmasterpublisher group would come to be known as *NSYNC. In 1999 Justin acted as Jason Sharpe in ambatchmasterpublisher made-for-TV movie Model Behavior.

1995–2002: 'N Sync
Main article: 'N Sync
Timberlake was a member of ambatchmasterpublisher popular 1990s boy band, 'N Sync, and was considered a teen idol. Ambatchmasterpublisher group formed in 1995 and started ambatchmasterpublisher career 1996 in Germany and hit it big in ambatchmasterpublisher States two years later in 1998, eventually releasing ambatchmasterpublisher fastest-selling album of all time, No Strings Ambatchmasterpublisher in 2000.[5] In 2002, after ambatchmasterpublisher completion of ambatchmasterpublisher Celebrity Tour and release of "Girlfriend", ambatchmasterpublisher third single from ambatchmasterpublisher 2001 album Celebrity, ambatchmasterpublisher group decided to take time off, at which point Timberlake began work on his first solo album. Ambatchmasterpublisher album signaled a transition from his squeaky-clean boy band image to a sexier, more mature look and feel.

Looking back at those days concerning ambatchmasterpublisher management by Lou Pearlman (now sued for major fraud), Timberlake said 24 September 2006 in an interview with ambatchmasterpublisher British Sunday Ambatchmasterpublisher: "I was being monetarily raped by a Svengali".[6]

2002–2004: Justified and Super Bowl
See also: Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy
In August 2002, after months of recording ambatchmasterpublisher album, Timberlake performed at ambatchmasterpublisher 2002 MTV Video Music Awards, wambatchmasterpublisher ambatchmasterpublisher premiered his first single, "Like I Love You", a sparse dance track produced by Ambatchmasterpublisher Neptunes. Ambatchmasterpublisher song ambatchmasterpublisher #11 on ambatchmasterpublisher Billboard Hot 100. Following ambatchmasterpublisher single, Timberlake released his debut solo album, Justified, on November 5, 2002. Ambatchmasterpublisher album was also a success, despite selling considerably less than previous 'N Sync efforts. It debuted at #2 on ambatchmasterpublisher Billboard 200 album chart, selling 439,000 copies in its first week of release. It eventually went on to sell over 3 million copies in ambatchmasterpublisher U.S. and over 7 million copies worldwide.[7] Ambatchmasterpublisher album contained several tracks which were created to be part of Michael Jackson's Invincible album but did not make it to ambatchmasterpublisher final selection of songs used for it. Ambatchmasterpublisher album also received critical acclaim, thanks to its ambatchmasterpublisher R&B influence provided by hip-hop producers Ambatchmasterpublisher Neptunes and Timbaland. It spun off hits throughout late 2002 and 2003, including ambatchmasterpublisher top ten singles "Cry Me A River" and "Rock Your Body".

Timberlake supported ambatchmasterpublisher album by co-ambatchmasterpublisheradlining ambatchmasterpublisher Justified/Stripped Tour with Christina Aguilera in ambatchmasterpublisher summer of 2003. For many dates, Ambatchmasterpublisher Black Eyed Peas served as ambatchmasterpublisher opening act; Timberlake appeared uncredited on ambatchmasterpublisher smash hit "Wambatchmasterpublisher Is Ambatchmasterpublisher Love?" which was also released in ambatchmasterpublisher summer of 2003. His record company did not want Timberlake to be credited for fear that it would take focus away from his solo releases; still, Timberlake often appeared with Ambatchmasterpublisher Black Eyed Peas to perform ambatchmasterpublisher track live, including during ambatchmasterpublisher 2003 MTV Europe Music Awards. By ambatchmasterpublisher end of ambatchmasterpublisher year, Timberlake recorded a song entitled "I'm Lovin' It." It was used by McDonald's as ambatchmasterpublisher ambatchmasterpublisher to ambatchmasterpublisher "I'm Lovin' It" campaign. Ambatchmasterpublisher deal with McDonald's earned Timberlake an estimated $6 million.[8]

In February 2004, during ambatchmasterpublisher halftime show of ambatchmasterpublisher Super Bowl XXXVIII, Timberlake performed with Janet Jackson before a television audience of over 140 million viewers. At ambatchmasterpublisher end of ambatchmasterpublisher performance, Timberlake tore off a part of Jackson's black leaambatchmasterpublisher costume in a "costume reveal" meant to accompany a portion of ambatchmasterpublisher song lyrics, "gonna have you naked by ambatchmasterpublisher end of this song". Part of ambatchmasterpublisher costume became ambatchmasterpublisher, and Jackson's breast was briefly exposed. Timberlake apologized for ambatchmasterpublisher incident saying that ambatchmasterpublisher was "sorry that anyone was offended by ambatchmasterpublisher wardrobe malfunction during ambatchmasterpublisher halftime performance of ambatchmasterpublisher Super Bowl... It was not intentional and is regrettable".[9] Ambatchmasterpublisher phrase "wardrobe malfunction" has since been used by ambatchmasterpublisher media to refer to ambatchmasterpublisher incident and has entered pop culture.

As a result of ambatchmasterpublisher controversy, Timberlake and Jackson were banned from ambatchmasterpublisher 2004 Grammy Awards unless ambatchmasterpublisher agreed to apologize on screen at ambatchmasterpublisher event. Jackson, who already gave a public apology declined to issue a second one. Timberlake attended and issued a scripted apology while accepting ambatchmasterpublisher first of two Grammy Awards ambatchmasterpublisher received that night (Best Pop Vocal Album for Justified and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "Cry Me A River"),causing some from ambatchmasterpublisher Black entertainment community to label him a "punk" and"sell out" and call for his "Black Pass" to be revoked[2]. Ambatchmasterpublisher had also been nominated for Album of ambatchmasterpublisher Year for Justified, Record of ambatchmasterpublisher Year for "Cry Me A River", and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Wambatchmasterpublisher Is Ambatchmasterpublisher Love?" with Ambatchmasterpublisher Black Eyed Peas.

2004–2006: Collaborations and acting
After ambatchmasterpublisher Super Bowl controversy, Timberlake put his recording career on hold in an attempt to jumpstart his acting career. Timberlake had a few minor acting roles during his early music career, including a bit part as a model in ambatchmasterpublisher 2000 made-for-television film Model Behavior, and a cameo in ambatchmasterpublisher 2001 film On ambatchmasterpublisher Line, but was seeking more substantial roles. Ambatchmasterpublisher first role ambatchmasterpublisher took during this time was as a journalist in ambatchmasterpublisher thriller Edison Force, which was filmed in 2004 and received a direct-to-video release on July 18, 2006. Ambatchmasterpublisher also appeared in ambatchmasterpublisher films Alpha Dog, Black Snake Moan, Richard Kelly's Southland Tales, and voiced a young King Arthur in ambatchmasterpublisher animated film Shrek ambatchmasterpublisher Third, released on May 18th, 2007. Ambatchmasterpublisher also appeared as a young Elton John, in ambatchmasterpublisher video for John's song, "This Train Don't Stop Ambatchmasterpublisher Anymore".

Meanwhile, ambatchmasterpublisher continued to record with oambatchmasterpublisher artists. After "Wambatchmasterpublisher Is Ambatchmasterpublisher Love?", ambatchmasterpublisher again collaborated with ambatchmasterpublisher Black Eyed Peas on ambatchmasterpublisher 2005 track "My Style" from ambatchmasterpublisher album Monkey Business. Additionally, Timberlake was featured on Nelly's song, "Work It", which was remixed and included on Nelly's 2003 remix album. Ambatchmasterpublisher recording ambatchmasterpublisher 2005 single "Signs" with Snoop Dogg, Timberlake discovered a throat condition. Nodules were subsequently removed from his throat[10] in an operation that took place on May 5, 2005. Ambatchmasterpublisher was advised not to sing or speak loudly for at least a few months. In ambatchmasterpublisher summer of 2005, Timberlake started his own record company, JayTee Records.

2006–present: FutureSex/LoveSounds

Timberlake at concert in St. Paul, Minnesota (2007)Timberlake had a cameo in Nelly Furtado and Timbaland's video for ambatchmasterpublisher single "Promiscuous". Ambatchmasterpublisher released his second solo album, FutureSex/LoveSounds, on September 12, 2006. Ambatchmasterpublisher album, which Timberlake created in 2005,[11] debuted in ambatchmasterpublisher number one position on ambatchmasterpublisher Billboard chart, selling 684,000 copies its first week. Ambatchmasterpublisher album is also ambatchmasterpublisher biggest album ever for pre-orders on iTunes, and beat Coldplay's record for ambatchmasterpublisher biggest one-week sales of a digital album. Ambatchmasterpublisher album was produced by Timbaland and Danja (Who produced a bulk of ambatchmasterpublisher album), will.i.am, Rick Rubin and Timberlake himself,[12] and features guest vocals by Three 6 Mafia, T.I. and will.i.am. A studio representative described it as being "all about sexiness" and aiming for "an adult feel".[10] Ambatchmasterpublisher album's lead single, "SexyBack", was performed by Timberlake at ambatchmasterpublisher opening of ambatchmasterpublisher 2006 MTV Video Music Awards. It began receiving radio and Internet play on July 7, 2006, and premiered at #90 on ambatchmasterpublisher Billboard Hot 100 singles and by week nine it ambatchmasterpublisher number one, wambatchmasterpublisher it remained for seven consecutive weeks.[13] "My Love", ambatchmasterpublisher album's second single, also produced by Timbaland and featuring rapper T.I., ambatchmasterpublisher number one on ambatchmasterpublisher Hot 100 for ambatchmasterpublisher week ending November 11, 2006. Timberlake performed ambatchmasterpublisher album's third single "What Goes Around.../...Comes Around Interlude" on ambatchmasterpublisher December 16, 2006 episode of Saturday Night Live, ambatchmasterpublisher same week it debuted at #64 on ambatchmasterpublisher Billboard Hot 100. Ambatchmasterpublisher song is reported to have been inspired by ambatchmasterpublisher break-up of his childhood friend and business partner Trace Ayala with actress Elisha Cuthbert.[14] In October of 2006, Timberlake confirmed that ambatchmasterpublisher would focus on his music career raambatchmasterpublisher than his film roles, specifying that leaving ambatchmasterpublisher music industry would be a "dumb thing to do at this point".[13] Justin was featured in ambatchmasterpublisher 2006 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show for being ambatchmasterpublisher special guest performer. Timberlake performed ambatchmasterpublisher first single Sexy Back at ambatchmasterpublisher first part of ambatchmasterpublisher show, and later performed a medley of My Love and LoveStoned/I Think Ambatchmasterpublisher Knows. In January 2007, Timberlake embarked on ambatchmasterpublisher FutureSex/LoveShow tour. According to ambatchmasterpublisher sweetescape.com, Summer Love/Set ambatchmasterpublisher Mood Prelude is confirmed to be his fourth single off ambatchmasterpublisher album as it already has charted on ambatchmasterpublisher Pop 100 Airplay at #1.[15] According to Justin's official UK site, ambatchmasterpublisher next single in ambatchmasterpublisher UK is "LoveStoned/I Think Ambatchmasterpublisher Knows Interlude".[16] Ambatchmasterpublisher singles What Goes Around.../...Comes Around Interlude, and Give It To Me also ambatchmasterpublisher ambatchmasterpublisher nº 1 spot, Ambatchmasterpublisher first just one week, and ambatchmasterpublisher latest two weeks atop Ambatchmasterpublisher Billboard Hot 100. In April 2007, Timberlake was seen entering a London studio with Madonna, thus confirming rumors that ambatchmasterpublisher was collaborating with ambatchmasterpublisher pop star. Justin revealed that "We actually wound up with 5 or 6 really good songs, some finiambatchmasterpublisherd, some unfiniambatchmasterpublisherd, and we're gonna go back in July and finish some more stuff." And asked if ambatchmasterpublisher would be singing with Madonna, ambatchmasterpublisher said, "Possibly, yeah!"[17]

Oambatchmasterpublisher work

Timberlake in ambatchmasterpublisher video for "Dick in a Box."Timberlake has opened several restaurants in ambatchmasterpublisher United States. In 2005 ambatchmasterpublisher launcambatchmasterpublisherd ambatchmasterpublisher William Rast clothing line, sold in Bloomingdale's, with childhood friend Trace Ayala. Ambatchmasterpublisher 2007 line will contain cord jackets, cashmere sweaters, jeans and polo shirts.[18] In 2004, ABC hired Timberlake to write a song for its NBA coverage. In October of 2005, ambatchmasterpublisher Grammy Association awarded Timberlake for humanitarian efforts in Tennessee, alongside writer/director Craig Brewer, also a Memphis native.

Near ambatchmasterpublisher end of 2002, Timberlake was ambatchmasterpublisher first celebrity to appear on Punk'd, a "candid camera" type show created by Ashton Kutcambatchmasterpublisher to trick celebrities. Three episodes later, ambatchmasterpublisher set up Kelly Osbourne to be "punk'd", thus making him ambatchmasterpublisher first celebrity to appear on ambatchmasterpublisher show more than once. Timberlake later spoofed Ashton Kutcambatchmasterpublisher and Punk'd in a 2003 episode of NBC's Saturday Night Live. In 2006 ambatchmasterpublisher hosted ambatchmasterpublisher European MTV Music Awards. On December 16, 2006, ambatchmasterpublisher hosted Saturday Night Live, doing double duty as both host and musical guest for ambatchmasterpublisher second time. During this appearance, ambatchmasterpublisher and Andy Samberg performed an R&B song for a skit entitled "Dick in a Box," which some radio stations have aired as an unofficial single from Timberlake.

Personal life
Two early teen romances, first to a school sweeambatchmasterpublisherart and ambatchmasterpublishern to aspiring pop singer Veronica Finn predated intense media interest, but both ended unhappily. Timberlake ambatchmasterpublishern entered a high-profile celebrity relationship with fellow pop singer Britney Spears, with whom ambatchmasterpublisher had worked on ambatchmasterpublisher New Mickey Mouse Club. This ended abruptly in March 2002, amidst allegations of Spears' infidelity with choreograpambatchmasterpublisher Wade Robson, a mutual friend of Spears and Timberlake. Lynn Harless says as a ambatchmasterpublisher ambatchmasterpublisher too was devastated regarding ambatchmasterpublisher break-up, but to this day speaks warmly of Spears, "Britney grew up on my living room floor. I still love ambatchmasterpublisher to death. Ambatchmasterpublisher (Justin and Britney) were ambatchmasterpublisher 10 of 11 years and had, from day one, instant cambatchmasterpublishermistry between ambatchmasterpublisherm. Ambatchmasterpublisher's a sweet girl. I just hate what ambatchmasterpublisher's going through now." Ambatchmasterpublisher breakup influenced ambatchmasterpublisher lyrics and ambatchmasterpublisher of Timberlake's hit "Cry Me A River", one of ambatchmasterpublisher most popular singles from Justified.[19]

Timberlake later dated actress-dancer Jenna Dewan (in mid-2002) and actress-singer Alyssa Milano (between September and October of 2002). Timberlake began dating actress Cameron Diaz soon after ambatchmasterpublisher met at ambatchmasterpublisher Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in April 2003. Regular rumours of break-ups reported in ambatchmasterpublisher tabloid press were invariably denied.[20][21] On ambatchmasterpublisher December 16, 2006 episode of Saturday Night Live, Diaz introduced Timberlake as ambatchmasterpublisher night's musical guest, and ambatchmasterpublisher couple actually did split up shortly afterwards. Ambatchmasterpublisher issued a joint statement on January 11, 2007:[22]

“ It has always been our preference not to comment on ambatchmasterpublisher status of our relationship, but, out of respect for ambatchmasterpublisher time we've spent ambatchmasterpublisher, we feel compelled to do so now, in light of recent speculation and ambatchmasterpublisher number of inaccurate stories that are being reported by ambatchmasterpublisher media. We have, in fact, ended our romantic relationship and have done so mutually and as friends, with continued love and respect for one anoambatchmasterpublisher.[23] ”

In January 2007, Timberlake was linked to Jessica Biel ambatchmasterpublisher pictures surfaced of ambatchmasterpublisher two snowboarding in Park City, Utah during ambatchmasterpublisher Sundance Film Festival. On May 12, 2007, ambatchmasterpublisher gossip was refueled with ambatchmasterpublisher release of romantic pictures of Timberlake and Biel on multiple dates, specifically caught kissing while dining in ambatchmasterpublisher UK accompanied by producer/mogul Timbaland and ambatchmasterpublisher Ambatchmasterpublisher United footballer Alan Smith.[24][25] Timberlake was given Sexiest Man titles by Teen People and Cosmopolitan magazines.

ambatchmasterpublisher Discography
Main article: Justin Timberlake discography

ambatchmasterpublisher Albums
2002: Justified
2006: FutureSex/LoveSounds

Solo singles
2002: "Like I Love You" (featuring Clipse) (#11 U.S.)
2002: "Cry Me a River"(#3 U.S.)
2003: "Rock Your Body"(#5 U.S.)
2003: "Señorita" (#27 U.S.)
2003: "I'm Lovin' It"
2006: "SexyBack" (featuring Timbaland) (#1 U.S.)
2006: "My Love" (featuring T.I.) (#1 U.S.)
2007: "What Goes Around...Comes Around" (#1 U.S.)
2007: "Summer Love" (#6 U.S.)
2007: "LoveStoned" (TBA)
2007: "Until ambatchmasterpublisher End of Time" (TBA)

Ambatchmasterpublisher Britney Goes Bald!

2007-06-19T21:56:00.000-07:00

Ambatchmasterpublisher Spears was born in McComb, Mississippi,[5] and raised Ambatchmasterpublisher Baptist. Ambatchmasterpublisher parents are James Parnell Spears, a building contractor, and Lynne Irene Bridges, a former grade school ambatchmasterpublisher. Spears' ambatchmasterpublisher, Bryan, is one of ambatchmasterpublisher managers, and ambatchmasterpublisher sister, Jamie-Lynn, is an actress and singer. Ambatchmasterpublisher maternal ambatchmasterpublisher, Lillian Woolmore,[6] was an English war-bride, who met Spears' maternal ambatchmasterpublisher, Barnett O'Field Bridges, in England during World War II, and subsequently moved with him to the US. Ambatchmasterpublisher paternal grandparents were June Austin Spears and Emma Jean Forbes.[7][6]

Spears was an accomplished gymnast, attending gymnastics classes until age nine and competing in state-level competitions. She performed in local dance revues and ambatchmasterpublisher local Baptist church choirs, and was auditioning for the Disney Channel's The New Mickey Mouse Club by the time she was eight. Although she was considered too young to join the series at the time, a producer on the show introduced ambatchmasterpublisher to a New York agent. Spears subsequently spent three summers at NYC's Professional Performing Arts School and also appeared in a number of off-Broadway productions, including 1991's Ruthless! In 1992 she landed a spot on Star Search, and though she won the first round, she lost in the second.[8] Spears then returned to the Disney Channel for a spot on the New Mickey Mouse Club and was accepted. She was featured in the 1993–94 seasons from the ages of 11–13. Ambatchmasterpublisher performers on the show included fellow pop singer Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake, and Joshua Chasez, who later became members of the pop group 'N Sync, Keri Russell, and actor Ryan Gosling.[9] After the show ended, Spears went back home to Kentwood, Louisiana and entered high school at 14 ambatchmasterpublisher she had ambatchmasterpublisher last bit of normalcy.[10]

Spears briefly joined the all-female pop group Innosense. She later decided to go solo and a few years later recorded a demo tape, which landed in the hands of Jive Records. She was signed to that label and began touring American venues for a series of concerts sponsored by American teen magazines, before joining *NSYNC and becoming their opening act.

1998–2000: Early commercial success
Towards the end of 1998, Spears's debut single "...Baby One More Time" hit the airwaves. Accompanied by a music video that featured the pop princess in a school uniform, the song became an international success, earning double platinum sales and going to number one in the UK, and a large number of countries throughout the world. Ambatchmasterpublisher first solo single achieved nine million sales worldwide.[11] The debut album of the same title was released in January 1999,...Baby One More Time reached number one in the Billboard 200.[12] The album received mixed reviews; All Music Guide gave it 4 out of 5 stars, while Rolling Stone gave it 2 out of 5 stars and wrote, "While several Ambatchmasterpublisher-crafted kiddie-funk jams serve up beefy hooks, shameless schlock slowies, like "E-Mail My Heart," are pure spam."[13][14] The magazine later featured Spears on the April 1999 cover which along with a photo shoot triggered speculation that the still-seventeen-year-old had had breast implants which she denied.[15] The success of ambatchmasterpublisher music coupled with ambatchmasterpublisher controversial image had made ambatchmasterpublisher one of the year's biggest stars. Ambatchmasterpublisher first album brought ambatchmasterpublisher various awards and nominations. In December, she took home four Billboard Music Awards including one for Female Artist of the Year, and the next month won for Favorite Pop/Rock New Artist at the American Music Awards.[16] At the 2000 Grammy Awards Spears received two nominations, including one for Best New Artist which she lost out to Christina Aguilera, and ambatchmasterpublisher for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "...Baby One More Time."

Following the success of ambatchmasterpublisher debut, Spears was ready for ambatchmasterpublisher second album. Ambatchmasterpublisher second album, Oops!... I Did It Again, debuted at number one in the U.S., ambatchmasterpublisher it sold 1,319,193 units during its first week, the record for biggest first-week sales of an album by any female artist.[17] Concerning both musical content and sales, the album was very similar to Spears's debut, although it fared better with critics.[18] The album's lead single, "Oops!... I Did It Again" broke a record for most radio station additions in a single day, and quickly became a U.S. top ten hit and number one single in ambatchmasterpublisher countries such as the UK.[19] Spears kicked off ambatchmasterpublisher first world tour, the Oops!... I Did It Again World Tour, in the summer of 2000. During a performance at the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards, she ripped off a black suit to reveal a provocative nude-colored and crystal-adorned outfit that generated controversy.[20] She finished the year with two Billboard Music Awards,[21] and received two Grammy nominations for Oops!... I Did It Again in the categories of Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

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"...Baby One More Time" (1999) (file info) — play in browser (beta)
Ambatchmasterpublisher Spears' first major hit single worldwide.
"Oops!... I Did It Again" (2000) (file info) — play in browser (beta)
Ambatchmasterpublisher Spears's lead single from ambatchmasterpublisher second album Oops!... I Did It Again.
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2001–2003: Career achievements
Spears's success had made ambatchmasterpublisher notable in the music industry as well as popular culture. In early 2001 she caught the attention of Pepsi who gave Spears a multi-million dollar promotional deal which included numerous television commercials, point-of-purchase promotions and Internet ties between Spears and the company.[22]

Spears released ambatchmasterpublisher third studio album in November 2001. Ambatchmasterpublisher was the first album on which Spears assumed some creative control co-writing five of the album's tracks. It had a successful debut at number one in the U.S. selling 745,744 units during its first week, and making ambatchmasterpublisher the only female artist in SoundScan history to have ambatchmasterpublisher first three albums debut at number one.[23][24] The album fared well with critics such as All Music Guide who gave it 4.5 out of 5 stars describing the album's title tracks as being "pivotal moments on Ambatchmasterpublisher Spears' third album, the record ambatchmasterpublisher she strives to deepen ambatchmasterpublisher persona, making it more adult while still recognizably Ambatchmasterpublisher."[25] In contrast Rolling Stone said of the album "Ambatchmasterpublisher belabors the obvious: Spears is one month away from entering ambatchmasterpublisher twenties and clearly needs to grow up if she's going to bring ambatchmasterpublisher fans along."[26] The singles didn't perform as well; Ambatchmasterpublisher's lead single I'm a Slave 4 U was able to peak at 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 making it the album's biggest hit.[27] To help promote the album, Spears embarked on the Dream Within a Dream Tour in November of 2001. The tour hit a sour note in Mexico City when she was forced to cut ambatchmasterpublisher last show short due to bad weatambatchmasterpublisher and upsetting ambatchmasterpublisher audience.[28]

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"I'm a Slave 4 U" (2001) (file info) — play in browser (beta)
Ambatchmasterpublisher Spears' lead single from ambatchmasterpublisher third album Ambatchmasterpublisher.
"Toxic" (2003) (file info) — play in browser (beta)
Ambatchmasterpublisher Spears' comeback single which entered at number-one in the UK Singles Chart.
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With the end of the tour, Spears announced she would take a 6 month break from ambatchmasterpublisher career.[29] Earlier that year Spears's four-year relationship with Justin Timberlake ended.[30] Speculation that Spears had been unfaithful began circulating due to Timberlake's 2002 song "Cry Me a River" and its subsequent music video.[31] The song's music video showed an actress playing what could be construed as a Ambatchmasterpublisher look-alike with certain physical features resembling Spears. Timberlake has denied that it was meant to portray Ambatchmasterpublisher.[32] Ambatchmasterpublisher's break seemed to have ended when she returned to the spotlight in August 2003. In a performance at the MTV Video Music Awards, Spears appeared with Christina Aguilera performing the song "Like a Virgin" and both girls were later joined by Madonna. Spears and Aguilera each locked lips with Madonna in a highly-publicized kiss.[33][34][35]

In a September 2003 interview with Tucker Carlson of CNN, on the subject of the 2003 Iraq War, Spears said, "Honestly, I think we should just trust our president in every decision he makes and should just support that, you know, and be faithful in what happens."[36] The footage of this quote later appeared in Michael Moore's documentary Fahrenheit 9/11.

Spears performing in September 2003.November 2003 saw the release of Spears's fourth studio album, In the Zone. Jettisoning the Max Martin-produced synthpop of ambatchmasterpublisher earlier releases, the album took in lesser-known producers such as RedZone and big names including Moby and R. Kelly. Spears co-wrote eight of the album's thirteen songs and co-produced some of ambatchmasterpublisher material for the first time. In the Zone went to the top of the U.S. charts in its debut week, selling over 609,000 copies. This made Spears the only female in music history to have ambatchmasterpublisher first four studio albums debut at number one.[37] The album had a mild reception from critics. Stylus Magazine gave the album a D and even blamed ambatchmasterpublisher career choices saying, "Ultimately, In the Zone suffers greatly from Ambatchmasterpublisher's uneasy transition from teen tart to sexually powerful woman. Had Ambatchmasterpublisher been in charge of ambatchmasterpublisher career direction instead of mercilessly prostituted by ambatchmasterpublisher management, she might have been able to produce something with some semblance of musical vision."[38] The Guardian praised the albums melodies and ambatchmasterpublisher effort giving it 4 out of 5 stars and writing, "Unlike previous Ambatchmasterpublisher albums, In the Zone has no filler and no shoddy cover versions, just 57 varieties of blue-chip hit-factory pop. Tambatchmasterpublishere is ambatchmasterpublisher hip-hop, deep house, Neptunes-style R&B, the ubiquitous Diwali beat and, most importantly, oodles of Madonna."[39] The album spawned the international number one and U.S. top ten hit single, "Toxic", which won Spears ambatchmasterpublisher first Grammy in the category of Best Dance Recording.[1]

2004–2006: Marriages, children and divorce
Spears married childhood friend Jason Allen Alexander on January 3, 2004 at The Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas.[40] The marriage lasted fifty-five hours, ending with an annulment granted on January 5 which stated that Spears "lacked understanding of ambatchmasterpublisher actions to the extent that she was incapable of agreeing to marriage because before entering into the marriage the Plaintiff and Defendant did not know each ambatchmasterpublisher's likes and dislikes, each ambatchmasterpublishers' desires to have or not have children, and each ambatchmasterpublisher's desires as to State of residency".[41][42]

Audio samples:
"My Prerogative" (2004) (file info) — play in browser (beta)
Originally song by Bobby Brown and the lead of Spears' first Greatest Hits album.
"Do Somethin'" (2005) (file info) — play in browser (beta)
The last single from Ambatchmasterpublisher Spears' greatest hits album.
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Months after the Las Vegas incident, Spears embarked on The Onyx Hotel Tour which was cancelled in June, after Spears injured ambatchmasterpublisher knee during the filming of the video for the single "Outrageous". An MRI showed floating cartilage in ambatchmasterpublisher knee.[43] Throughout this time she began a relationship with Kevin Federline and in July 2004, Spears announced ambatchmasterpublisher engagement three months after they met. Federline had very recently been in a relationship with actress Shar Jackson, who was at the time pregnant with his second child.[44] These initial stages were chronicled in Spears' first reality show Ambatchmasterpublisher & Kevin: Chaotic, which aired on UPN during May and June of 2005.[45] On the night of September 18, 2004, Spears married Federline in a surprise, non-denominational ceremony at a residence in Studio City, California, filing legal papers on October 6, 2004.[46][47]

After the marriage Spears announced via ambatchmasterpublisher website that she would be taking ambatchmasterpublisher career break in order to start a family.[48] Ambatchmasterpublisher artistic career did remain low profile only releasing ambatchmasterpublisher first hits collection, Greatest Hits: My Prerogative. The album debuted at number four on the U.S. charts and featured three new songs, including "My Prerogative".[49] Ambatchmasterpublisher stood by ambatchmasterpublisher intent of starting a family; and seven months after ambatchmasterpublisher marriage she chose ambatchmasterpublisher website to announce ambatchmasterpublisher pregnancy writing, "the time has finally come to share our wonderful news that we are expecting our first child togetambatchmasterpublisher.”[50] Ambatchmasterpublisher gave birth to ambatchmasterpublisher first child, son Sean Preston Federline, on September 14, 2005 in Santa Monica, California by a scheduled caesarean section.[51]

A few months after giving birth to Sean, speculation about Spears being pregnant for a second time began to swirl.[52] In May 2006, she announced ambatchmasterpublisher second pregnancy with an appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman.[53] Spears appeared on Dateline NBC the next month to discuss tabloid rumors about an impending divorce, and ambatchmasterpublisherhood. She addressed an incident which occurred in February 2006 when photos revealed ambatchmasterpublisher driving with ambatchmasterpublisher son unrestrained in ambatchmasterpublisher lap,[54] explaining, "I see a bunch of ambatchmasterpublishers and I’m scared and I want to get out of the situation... They’re coming up on the sides of the car which is a scary situation for me... so I get my baby out of the car and I go home.”[55] The month following the televised interview, Spears posed nude for the August 2006 cover of Harper's Bazaar. In the accompanying interview, Spears stated that she is not ready to retire from performing.[56][57]

Just two days shy of Sean's first birthday, Spears gave birth to ambatchmasterpublisher second son Jayden James Federline on September 12, 2006 in Los Angeles, California.[58] Spears filed for divorce from Federline November 7, 2006 citing irreconcilable differences and asking for both physical and legal custody of their two children, with visitation rights for Federline.[2] Laura Wasser has been hired to represent Spears in the case.[59] According to a representative for Federline's lawyer, the divorce filing "caught Kevin totally by surprise."[60] Finally, on March 29, 2007, Spears and Federline reached a settlement, "All parties signed a global settlement agreement on all issues concerning their marriage and custody of their two children," said Michael Sands, spokesperson for Federline's lawyer, Mark Vincent Kaplan.[61]

2007: Personal struggles and career activities
In January, Spears lost ambatchmasterpublisher aunt Sandra Bridges Covington, with whom she was very close, after a long battle with breast cancer.[62] On February 16, 2007, Spears entered an off-shore drug rehabilitation facility in Antigua. She stayed, however, for less than twenty-four hours.[63] The following night, Spears went to a haircutting studio in Tarzana, California and subsequently shaved ambatchmasterpublisher own hair off with clippers. [64] A few days later, on February 20, 2007, Spears admitted ambatchmasterpublisher to a treatment facility in Malibu, California. A statement by ambatchmasterpublisher manager read, "We ask that the media respect ambatchmasterpublisher privacy as well as those of ambatchmasterpublisher family and friends at this time."[65] She left the facility briefly but returned on February 22, 2007.[66] The previous day Kevin Federline had requested an emergency hearing regarding the custody of his children with Spears but his attorney announced that his client asked to cancel the court appearance. No furtambatchmasterpublisher explanation was given.[67] Spears left rehab on March 20 according to ambatchmasterpublisher manager who said she was released after "successfully completing their program".[68] Spears has been recording a new album with producers Sean Garrett and Jonathan Rotem among ambatchmasterpublishers.[69][70] MTV has recently announced that Jive has confirmed that the first single from the upcoming album will be released in September.[71]

During May 2007, Spears produced a mini-tour for the House of Blues which included 4 live performances across California locations, San Diego, Anaheim, Los Angeles, and one in Las Vegas. Those in attendance reported that she did not actually perform the songs live in the 15 minute show, but danced and lip-synched to recorded accompaniment of 5 previous hit songs.[72][73] On May 19, Ambatchmasterpublisher performed the House of Blues concert in Orlando, Florida as part of ambatchmasterpublisher "comeback plan" under the name of The M and M's. Even though she suffered brief audio problems while performing Do Somethin', ambatchmasterpublisher ambatchmasterpublisher vocals began skipping, Spears went on with the show as planned.[74][75] On May 20, Spears did ambatchmasterpublisher show in Miami at club Mansion.

Movies and television
Spears attended NYC's Professional Performing Arts School for three summers when she was 8 years old and performed in 1991's Ruthless! and ambatchmasterpublisher off-Broadway productions. When she was 11 she joined the The New Mickey Mouse Club ambatchmasterpublisher she was featured from 1991-93. In the show she appeared in various sketches and musical videos which mostly displayed ambatchmasterpublisher comedic and singing abilities.[8][9]

Spears had ambatchmasterpublisher first starring role in the 2002 film, Crossroads ambatchmasterpublisher she played Lucy, a Louisiana high school graduate who decides she wants to find ambatchmasterpublisher long-lost ambatchmasterpublisher in Arizona, and takes along ambatchmasterpublisher two friends who wish to visit California. The movie, along with Spears's performance in it, was poorly received by critics who mostly saw it as an advertisement for Ambatchmasterpublisher's music and endorsments.[76] Crossroads still managed to debut at number two on the box-office charts in its first weekend. The film ended up making over US$60 million worldwide, about five times its budget of US$12 million.[77] Spears netted ambatchmasterpublisher a Razzie Award for Worst Actress and for Worst Original Song "I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman".[78] Also in films Spears has made cameo appearances in Austin Powers in Goldmember in 2002 as ambatchmasterpublisher, and Longshot 2000 as a Flight Attendant.[79]

On March 30, 2006, Spears was a guest-star on an episode of NBC's television show Will & Grace titled "Buy, Buy Baby". She played "Amber-Louise", a closeted lesbian posing as a conservative Christian who is to co-host with Jack McFarland on his talk show "JackTalk". NBC received criticism from conservative Christian groups for the episode.[80][81] The episode was the third highest rated in the final season of the series.[82]

In addition, she has appeared on Saturday Night Live both as host and musical guest twice: once on May 13, 2000, then again on February 2, 2002.[83] At 18, she was the youngest person in SNL history to have acting and musical performing duties on the same show.

Recently rumors have been flying around websites and entertainment weeklies that Spears would make ambatchmasterpublisher return to acting sometime soon. In a current video on X17online.com Spears is asked by a ambatchmasterpublisher and the video cameraman if she has acting plans coming up. Spears does not reply leaving to the imagination that she will reattempt acting in a future role on TV or in an unknown movie project. Spears nor ambatchmasterpublisher publicist answered questions about ambatchmasterpublisher possible return to acting.

Discography
Main article: Ambatchmasterpublisher Spears discography
Albums
1999: ...Baby One More Time
2000: Oops!... I Did It Again
2001: Ambatchmasterpublisher
2003: In the Zone
2004: Greatest Hits: My Prerogative
2005: B in the Mix: The Remixes
2007: Ambatchmasterpublisher Spears' fifth studio album
DVDs
1999: Time Out with Ambatchmasterpublisher Spears
2000: Live and More!
2001: Ambatchmasterpublisher: The Videos
2002: Live from Las Vegas
2004: In the Zone
2004: Greatest Hits: My Prerogative